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On May 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made disability rights history with the release of a long-awaited final rule implement...
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Apr 26, 2024 · Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) advancing protections against discrimination in health care.
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May 15, 2024 · This brief provides an overview of the Biden Administration 2024 final rule implementing Section 1557 of the ACA, which is home to the law’s major nondiscrimination provisions.
May 10, 2024 · Section 1557 of the ACA, codified at 42 U.S.C. 18116, is the nondiscrimination provision of the ACA, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or ...
The Biden-Harris Administration’s 2024 Final Rule advances access to care for all by ending the most harmful policies from the 2019 Final Rule. It clarifies how OCR will interpret and enforce federal health care refusal laws going forward.
May 8, 2024 · On May 6, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a final rule that would reinstate key regulatory text on the ACA’s nondiscrimination requirements repealed by the prior administration. The final rule also includes new provisions responding to recent legal and policy developments.
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Jun 12, 2024 · The Biden Administration’s final rule represents a defining moment for health care and civil rights: an attempt to update the body of civil rights law, which date back decades, to account for ...
