HHS announces RFI and online portal to implement ‘10‑to‑1’ deregulatory agenda

Secretary Kennedy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, announced that the department is launching a request for information and an online portal to gather proposals to implement a “10 to 1” deregulatory agenda directed by President Trump.

Kennedy said the initiative aims to reduce regulations that “gum up the system in paperwork” while retaining rules that “genuinely protect the public.” She described the outreach as a collaborative process and invited external stakeholders to propose and draft deregulatory actions on the department’s portal, regulations.gov/deregulation.

The announcement framed the effort as a department-wide reform prompted, Kennedy said, by what she described as a deterioration in public health and by prior rules that disadvantaged smaller providers. “Usually, it’s a much bigger problem for smaller companies and independent providers than it is for the large corporations who can afford to hire entire compliance departments and legions of lawyers,” Kennedy said. She added that some regulations, she said, were written in ways that preserved market dominance by large firms and “suppressed innovation and opportunity.”

Kennedy said HHS will preserve and “even strengthen the regulations that genuinely protect the public” while “reduce[ing] and eliminat[ing] regulations that thwart innovation.” She announced the RFI as the vehicle for outside stakeholders to submit ideas. “You can access this process at our online portal, regulations.gov/deregulation, where you can propose and draft an actual deregulatory action,” she said. “If it’s a good idea, we’re gonna use it.”

The remarks referenced an executive order from President Trump as the directive for the 10‑to‑1 agenda; Kennedy did not specify the executive order’s citation, the timeline for formal rulemaking, or the procedural steps that would follow the RFI. The department signaled the outreach is the next step in developing the changes but did not provide a schedule for proposed rule publication, public comment periods, or final agency actions.

The department’s announcement was packaged as produced material: Kennedy closed, “Thank you for taking action to change the regulatory environment and to make America healthy again. Produced by the US Department of Health and Human Services.”

The RFI and portal address are publicly available on regulations.gov under the path /deregulation; stakeholders interested in submitting proposals should consult that listing for any posting details and deadlines, which were not specified in the remarks.