# Notification of Interpretation and Enforcement of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
> **US Department of Health and Human Services** · Notification of interpretation and enforcement. · Published 2021-05-25 · Effective 2021-05-10 · 86 FR 27984
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-10477
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of Health and Human Services
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 27984
- **CFR reference:** 45 CFR 86
- **Publication date:** 2021-05-25
- **Effective date:** 2021-05-10
## Abstract

This Notification is to inform the public that, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock and Title IX, beginning May 10, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will interpret and enforce section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibition on discrimination on the basis of sex to include: Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation; and discrimination on the basis of gender identity. This interpretation will guide the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in processing complaints and conducting investigations, but does not itself determine the outcome in any particular case or set of facts.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/05/25/2021-10477/notification-of-interpretation-and-enforcement-of-section-1557-of-the-affordable-care-act-and-title)
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