Enforcement

(a) In general Except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Office for Civil Rights (referred to in this title as the Secretary), shall receive, investigate, and attempt to resolve, including through imposing civil monetary penalties, complaints of violations of this title in the same manner as the Secretary receives, investigates, and attempts to resolve, including through imposing civil monetary penalties, complaints of violations of part C of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d et seq.). (b) Civil monetary penalties The provisions of section 1128A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a) (other than subsections (a) and (b) and the second sentence of subsection (f)) shall apply to the imposition of a civil monetary penalty under this section in the same manner as such provisions apply to the imposition of a penalty under such section 1128A. (c) Exception No complaint of a violation of this title shall be referred to the Attorney General for investigation as a criminal violation.