Patient Engagement January 11, 2024
The final rule rescinds a 2019 statute that HHS said impeded patient care access under the guise of conscience and religious rights.
HHS has finalized the last piece of the puzzle to restore the government’s process for handling complaints of conscience and religious discrimination, which the agency said will improve patient access to care while still protecting the religious liberties of healthcare providers.
The final rule is the last step in rescinding parts of a 2019 policy that further bolstered moral and religious protections for healthcare workers, virtually making it easier for healthcare providers to claim a moral objection when administering healthcare to certain patients.
This 2024 final rule, effective March 11, clarifies the process by which the Office for...
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