Health Law Daily Wrap Up, CLINICAL RESEARCH—FINAL RULES: Terminating National Institutes of Health Minority Biomedical Research Support Program and Rescinding the Program’s Related Regulation, (Aug 27, 2025)
Organizations Mentioned:National Institutes of Health
By WK Editorial Staff
The MBRS program prioritizes racial classifications in awarding federal funding.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), in consultation with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is repealing the regulation relating to the Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) program in compliance with Executive Order (E.O.) 14173 (Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity) and E.O. 14151 (Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing), and to abide by Supreme Court precedent. HHS remains committed to ensuring equal treatment under the law throughout its grant programs. (Final Rule, 90 Fed. Reg. 41516 (August 26, 2025)).
Dates. This final rule is effective September 25, 2025.
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