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- January 29, 2024
HHS’s 2024 Final Rule on Health Care Refusals: What Health Advocates Need to Know
Read moreFederal health care refusal laws, such as the Weldon Amendment and the Church Amendments, govern when and how covered health care entities, providers, and professionals can refuse to deliver or provide information to patients on medically necessary health care that they find objectionable on the basis of their religious…
- January 12, 2024
HHS Office for Civil Rights Finalizes 2024 Health Care Refusal Regulations
Read moreThis week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a final rule, “Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes” (“2024 Final Rule”), which partially rescinds the Trump administration’s unlawful, unethical, and discriminatory 2019 health care refusal regulations (“2019 Final…
- March 7, 2023
National Health Law Program Comments on HHS’s Proposed Changes to Health Care Refusal Regulations
Read moreThe National Health Law Program submitted comments on the Department of Health and Human Services's (HHS) Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement federal health care refusal laws, called "Safeguarding the Rights of Conscience as Protected by Federal Statutes.” Our comments thank HHS for proposing to rescind the most harmful…
- December 20, 2022
NHeLP Recognizes that Health Care Refusals Harm Transgender and Gender Diverse People
Read moreTwo Courts of Appeal recently held that, in spite of Section 1557’s important protections against discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, certain employers, health plans, hospitals, and providers may refuse to provide gender-affirming care to Transgender and Gender Diverse people. These Courts held…
- February 18, 2020
Comments on HHS Proposed Rule on Religiously-Affiliated Providers
Read moreHHS is attempting to roll back important protections for individuals seeking services from religiously-affiliated providers in a rulemaking it calls “Ensuring Equal Treatment of Faith-Based Providers.” The proposed rule would encourage religiously-affiliated providers to refuse to employ non-adherents and require that all employees and applicants for employment conform to…
- July 19, 2019
Webinar: Final Conscience Regulation – Does the New HHS Rule Promote Injustice?
Read moreOn May 2, 2019, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued the final version of its conscience rule. This updated rule purports to authorize individual health care workers and institutions to refuse to provide certain services by citing a religious or conscientious objection. Such leeway may have…
