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            <CODE>0945</CODE>
            <NAME>Office for Civil Rights</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This proposed rulemaking would propose changes to the 2020 Final Rule implementing section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and conforming amendments to related HHS rules.&nbsp; Section 1557 of PPACA prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability under any health program or activity, any part of which is receiving Federal financial&nbsp;assistance, including credits, subsidies, or contracts of insurance, or under any program or activity that is administered by an Executive Agency or any entity established under title l of the PPACA.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>42 CFR 438</CFR>
            <CFR>42 CFR 440</CFR>
            <CFR>42 CFR 460</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 86</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 92</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 147</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 155 and 156</CFR>
            <CFR>...</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>sec. 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18116)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Civil Rights Restoration Act (Pub. L. 100259, 102 Stat. 28 (Mar. 22 1988)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>L. 100259, 102 Stat. 28 (Mar. 22 1988)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. (title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>29 U.S.C. 794 (sec. 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq. (title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>(Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Lau v. Nichols, 414 U.S. 563 (1974)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>5 U.S.C. 301</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 300jj-11, 300jj-14, 1302, 1395l, 1395eee(f), and 1396u4(f))</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>18021 to 18024 , 18031 to 18033 , 18041 to 18042 , 18044, 18051, 18054, 18061, 18063, 18071, and 18081 to 18083</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 36B</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>31 U.S.C. 9701</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>...</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>04/00/2022</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Luben</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Montoya</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Section Chief, Civil Rights Division</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0945</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office for Civil Rights</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OCR</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>800 368-1019</PHONE>
                <TDD_PHONE>800 537-7697</TDD_PHONE>
                <EMAIL>ocrmail@hhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>200 Independence Avenue SW,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20201</ZIP>
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