# Nondiscrimination in Health and Health Education Programs or Activities, Delegation of Authority
> **Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services** · Final rule. · Published 2020-06-19 · Effective 2020-08-18 · 85 FR 37160
## Document
- **Document number:** 2020-11758
- **Category:** medicare
- **Sub-agency:** Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 85 FR 37160
- **CFR reference:** 42 CFR 438
- **Publication date:** 2020-06-19
- **Effective date:** 2020-08-18
## Abstract

The Department of Health and Human Services ("the Department" or "HHS") is committed to ensuring the civil rights of all individuals who access or seek to access health programs or activities of covered entities under Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("ACA"). After considering public comments, in this final rule, the Department revises its Section 1557 regulations, Title IX regulations, and specific regulations of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS") as proposed, with minor and primarily technical corrections. This will better comply with the mandates of Congress, address legal concerns, relieve billions of dollars in undue regulatory burdens, further substantive compliance, reduce confusion, and clarify the scope of Section 1557 in keeping with pre-existing civil rights statutes and regulations prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/06/19/2020-11758/nondiscrimination-in-health-and-health-education-programs-or-activities-delegation-of-authority)
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