The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) has notified the public that it is requesting the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to approve a revised collection of information under its regulation on reportable events and certain other notification requirements. The information collection modifies the reportable event notices as they relate to a failure to make required contributions and the filing method.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued final regulations that include the agency's annual inflation adjustments to civil money penalties assessed under its regulations, as required by the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015. The final regulations, which are effective November 5, 2019, include updated penalties for certain violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).