# Penalties for violation of applicable Exchange standards by consumer assistance entities in Federally-facilitated Exchanges — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies For Penalties for violation of applicable Exchange standards by consumer assistance entities in Federally-facilitated Exchanges, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 18041(c)(2); maximum penalty is 44,248, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10. - **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Violation:** Penalties for violation of applicable Exchange standards by consumer assistance entities in Federally-facilitated Exchanges _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Statutory authority:** 18041(c)(2) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Maximum penalty:** 44,248 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 18041(c)(2) | 45 CFR 155.206(i) | CMS | Penalties for violation of applicable Exchange standards by consumer assistance entities in Federally-facilitated Exchanges | 2024 | 43,128 | 44,248 ## 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/).