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        <RIN>0945-AA17</RIN>
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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>0945</CODE>
            <NAME>Office for Civil Rights</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>OCR</ACRONYM>
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            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>HHS</ACRONYM>
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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). 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>Previously 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 80</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 84</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 86</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 91</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 92</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 147</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 155</CFR>
            <CFR>45 CFR 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>42 U.S.C. 1302</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 13951</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 1395eee(f)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 1396u-4(f)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 300gg to 300gg–63</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 300gg–91</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 300gg–92</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 300gg-111 to 300gg-139 as amended, sec. 3203</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 18021 to 18024</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 18031 to 18033</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 18041 to 18042</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 18051</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 18054</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 18071</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 18061</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 18063</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 18071</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 U.S.C. 18081 to 18083</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>26 U.S.C. 36B</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/00/2022</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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                <RIN>0945-AA02</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Related to</RIN_RELATION>
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            <RELATED_RIN>
                <RIN>0945-AA11</RIN>
                <RIN_RELATION>Related to</RIN_RELATION>
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        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Dylan</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>De Kervor</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>Nicole</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Senior Advisor to the Director</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0945</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office for Civil Rights</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OCR</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 240-3110</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>1557ocrmail@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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