PRESS RELEASE | February 28, 2025
LeadingAge Statement on HHS Proposal to Rescind Public Participation in Rulemaking
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Contact: Lisa Sanders
lsanders@leadingage.org 202-508-9407
February 28, 2025, Washington, DC–Comment from Katie Smith Sloan, president and CEO, LeadingAge, the association of nonprofit providers of aging services, on the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) rescinding the policy on public participation in rulemaking scheduled for March 3, 2025 publication on the Federal Register:
“The HHS action has the potential to significantly harm older adults and the nonprofit providers who serve them in a wide range of care settings and community types. The Secretary’s and the agency’s responsibility is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services, and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health and social services. The opportunities for our nonprofit and mission-driven providers to comment on policies impacting how they care for and serve older adults are a critical and helpful part of the rulemaking process. It is vital to creating and revising effective, efficient, and practical policy.
The possibility that HHS under the Trump White House will eliminate or significantly scale back public comment on policies impacting payment, regulations, safety, operations, and other critical areas is truly troubling–a move we can only hope will not have the negative impact that we fear it might. We will closely monitor its implementation.”
About LeadingAge:
We represent more than 5,400 nonprofit aging services providers and other mission-driven organizations serving older adults that touch millions of lives every day. Alongside our members and 36 partners in 41 states, we use advocacy, education, applied research, and community-building to make America a better place to grow old. Our membership encompasses the entire continuum of aging services, including skilled nursing, assisted living, memory care, affordable housing, retirement communities, adult day programs, community-based services, hospice, and home-based care. We bring together the most inventive minds in the field to lead and innovate solutions that support older adults wherever they call home. For more information visit leadingage.org
