# Penalty for knowingly or willfully disclosing protected information from Exchange — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Penalty for knowingly or willfully disclosing protected information from Exchange, agency is HHS; statutory authority is 18081(h)(2); maximum penalty is 0; minimum penalty is 368, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Penalty for knowingly or willfully disclosing protected information from Exchange _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 18081(h)(2) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 0 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Minimum penalty:** 368 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> 18081(h)(2) | <https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/section-155.260> 45 CFR 155.260 | CMS | Penalty for knowingly or willfully disclosing protected information from Exchange | 2024 | | 0 | | | CMS | Maximum | 2024 | 35,169 | 36,083 | | | CMS | Minimum | 2024 | 359 | 368

## 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/).