0945-AA17 202304 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0945 Office for Civil Rights OCR 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities

This rule proposed to address 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 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.

]]> Economically Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Yes No 42 CFR 438 42 CFR 440 42 CFR 457 42 CFR 460 45 CFR 80 45 CFR 84 45 CFR 86 45 CFR 91 45 CFR 92 45 CFR 147 45 CFR 155 45 CFR 156 ... sec. 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18116) 42 U.S.C. 1302 42 U.S.C. 1395 42 U.S.C. 1395eee(f) 42 U.S.C. 1396u-4(f) 42 U.S.C. 2000d-1 20 U.S.C. 1405 29 U.S.C. 794 42 U.S.C. 290dd-2 21 U.S.C. 1174 42 U.S.C. 300gg to 300gg–63 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91 42 U.S.C. 300gg–92 42 U.S.C. 300gg-111 to 300gg-139 as amended, sec. 3203 Pub. L. 116-136, 134 Stat. 281 42 U.S.C. 18021 to 18024 42 U.S.C. 18031 to 18033 42 U.S.C. 18041 to 18042 42 U.S.C. 18044 42 U.S.C. 18051 42 U.S.C. 18054 42 U.S.C. 18061 42 U.S.C. 18063 42 U.S.C. 18071 42 U.S.C. 18081 to 18083 26 U.S.C. 36B Yes NPRM 08/04/2022 87 FR 47751 NPRM Comment Period End 10/03/2022 Final Action 09/00/2023 No Federal Local State No No https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/section-1557/index.html https://www.regulations.gov/document/HHS-OS-2022-0012-0001 No No 0945-AA02 Related to 0945-AA11 Related to 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS Common Daniel Shieh Associate Deputy Director, Enforcement Division 0945 Office for Civil Rights OCR 800 368-1019 504@hhs.gov 200 Independence Avenue SW, Washington DC 20201