# Penalty for a prescription drug card sponsor that falsifies or misrepresents marketing materials, overcharges program enrollees, or misuse transitional assistance funds — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for a prescription drug card sponsor that falsifies or misrepresents marketing materials, overcharges program enrollees, or misuse transitional assistance funds, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1395w-141(i)(3); maximum penalty is 17,062, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for a prescription drug card sponsor that falsifies or misrepresents marketing materials, overcharges program enrollees, or misuse transitional assistance funds _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1395w-141(i)(3) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 17,062 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1395w-141(i)(3) | | OIG | Penalty for a prescription drug card sponsor that falsifies or misrepresents marketing materials, overcharges program enrollees, or misuse transitional assistance funds | 2024 | 16,630 | 17,062

## 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/).