Lexology May 14, 2024
For the first time in nearly 50 years, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has finalized revisions to regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which protects against discrimination on the basis of disability as it applies to programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance from HHS (hereinafter recipients). The final rule, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance, will take effect July 8, 2024, and largely incorporates all of the changes in the proposed rule. Here, we provide an overview of the final rule’s key points and the requirements that affected parties will need to prepare for.
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