Patient Engagement September 8, 2023
The proposal looks at antidiscrimination for people with disabilities, protecting their right to patient access to care, HHS said.
A new proposed rule out of the Department of Health and Human Services seeks to update parts of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to further prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability in healthcare and improve patient access to care.
Particularly, the rule would update the Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance, published originally in 1977 to codify Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The rule was intended to help people with disabilities access healthcare and protect them from discrimination in any program that receives HHS funds.
This proposed update aims...
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