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The compliance clock FQHCs cannot miss — the Section 504 / WCAG 2.1AA accessibility deadlines, medical-equipment accessibility, OCR ransomware and HIPAA Security Rule enforcement, and SB 525 wage compliance.
Compliance
HHS's May 2026 Interim Final Rule moved the Section 504 web/mobile accessibility deadline to May 11, 2027 (May 2028 for under-15-employee orgs). Here's the 12-month runway plan: audit, triage, remediate, and document — before OCR complaints do it for you.
Compliance & Risk
Section 504's medical-equipment accessibility deadline is July 8, 2026 — distinct from the May 2027 web deadline. What accessible exam tables and scales mean for your capital plan.
Compliance
On April 23, OCR settled 4 HIPAA ransomware cases for $1.165M total — affecting 427,000 patients. All four had the same root cause: failed Security Rule risk analysis. Read this as a historical enforcement lesson for Security Rule documentation, Section 504 readiness, and 340B rebate-model risk.
Compliance & Risk
On July 1, 2026, SB 525 steps California's healthcare minimum wage to $22/hr for FQHCs. What it means for workers and budgets now that the signed budget delays the major UIS/PPS clinic-payment shock into 2027.
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