Seyfarth Synopsis: With the myriad claims for religious accommodation that came out of mandatory COVID vaccination policies, employers have become familiar how to handle requests for religious accommodation in the workplace. ...more
9/10/2024
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Duty to Accommodate ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Workers ,
OCR ,
Religious Accommodation ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Religious Discrimination ,
Title VII
Seyfarth Synopsis: New regulations effective August 6, 2024 restore and expand scope of civil rights protections under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act....more
5/15/2024
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Biden Administration ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Final Rules ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
LGBTQ ,
Non-Discrimination Rules ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCR
Will-They-Won’t-They Saga Continues: As we noted, about two weeks ago, more centrist democrats in the House pushed the speaker into a promise to hold a vote on the bi-partisan infrastructure bill passed by the Senate on...more
10/4/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Broadband ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
Infrastructure ,
NLRB ,
OCR ,
Telecommunications
Late last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) jointly published “Guidance on ‘Long COVID’ as a Disability Under the ADA, Section 504, and Section 1557.” In short,...more
On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) announced that the prohibition against discrimination “on the basis of sex” under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”) once again includes...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Consistent with Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently published recommendations for...more
10/1/2020
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Department of Education ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Educational Institutions ,
Health Care Providers ,
OCR ,
Section 1557 ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title IX
Under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“Section 1557”), health programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance cannot discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age, or...more