Last-Minute HHS Rule Sets Term Limits For Agency Policy Directors

The Trump HHS released an unexpected final rule Friday (Jan. 15) imposing a five-year term limit for 66 policy-level directors across the department’s sub-agencies, including center heads at FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The rule likely will be subject to the Biden administration’s regulatory freeze, which will halt or delay last-minute Trump administration regulations that have not gone into effect by Jan. 20. HHS said it’s pushing the rule through in the last days of the...