# Penalty for failure of covered individuals to report to the Secretary and 1 or more law enforcement officials any reasonable suspicion of a crime against a resident, or individual receiving care, from a long-term care facility — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for failure of covered individuals to report to the Secretary and 1 or more law enforcement officials any reasonable suspicion of a crime against a resident, or individual receiving care, from a long-term care facility, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1320b-25(c)(1)(A); maximum penalty is 288,655, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for failure of covered individuals to report to the Secretary and 1 or more law enforcement officials any reasonable suspicion of a crime against a resident, or individual receiving care, from a long-term care facility _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1320b-25(c)(1)(A) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 288,655 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1320b-25(c)(1)(A) | | CMS | Penalty for failure of covered individuals to report to the Secretary and 1 or more law enforcement officials any reasonable suspicion of a crime against a resident, or individual receiving care, from a long-term care facility | 2024 | 281,346 | 288,655

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).