# Penalty for each February 18, 2009 or later violation of a HIPAA administrative simplification provision in which it is established that the violation was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies For Penalty for each February 18, 2009 or later violation of a HIPAA administrative simplification provision in which it is established that the violation was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect, agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 73,011; minimum penalty is 1,461; annual cap is 2,190,294, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10. - **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Violation:** Penalty for each February 18, 2009 or later violation of a HIPAA administrative simplification provision in which it is established that the violation was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Maximum penalty:** 73,011 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Minimum penalty:** 1,461 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Annual cap:** 2,190,294 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > | 45 CFR 160.404(b)(2)(ii)(A) , (B) | OCR | Penalty for each February 18, 2009 or later violation of a HIPAA administrative simplification provision in which it is established that the violation was due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect | 2024 | | | | | | Minimum | 2024 | 1,424 | 1,461 | | | | Maximum | 2024 | 71,162 | 73,011 | | | | Calendar Year Cap | 2024 | 2,134,831 | 2,190,294 ## 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/).