# Penalty for an employer or other entity to offer any financial or other incentive for an individual entitled to benefits not to enroll under a group health plan or large group health plan which would be a primary plan — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for an employer or other entity to offer any financial or other incentive for an individual entitled to benefits not to enroll under a group health plan or large group health plan which would be a primary plan, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 1395y(b)(3)(C); maximum penalty is 11,823, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for an employer or other entity to offer any financial or other incentive for an individual entitled to benefits not to enroll under a group health plan or large group health plan which would be a primary plan _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 1395y(b)(3)(C) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 11,823 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 1395y(b)(3)(C) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-411.103#p-411.103(b)> 42 CFR 411.103(b) | CMS | Penalty for an employer or other entity to offer any financial or other incentive for an individual entitled to benefits not to enroll under a group health plan or large group health plan which would be a primary plan | 2024 | 11,524 | 11,823

## 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.
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