Section 1557 ACA Non-Discrimination Rule Finalized: What the Rule Means for Health Care Access

May 2, 2024 Section 1557 ACA Non-Discrimination Rule Finalized: What the Rule Means for Health Care Access At long last, the Biden Administration has finalized its rule clarifying the protections laid out in Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the part of the law that forbids federally funded health care activities and programs from discriminating on the basis of sex, race, color, natio. [...] Discrimination on the basis of sex The definition of discrimination on the basis of sex was eliminated by the Trump Administration’s Section 1557 rule. [...] Language access Recognizing the large number of people in the United States for whom English is not the primary language, the new final rule reinstates many of the language access protections that had been included in the 2016 rule, but largely erased from the Trump Administration rule. [...] Enforcement The final rule clarifies that the enforcement mechanisms available to individuals who experience impermissible discrimination are the same enforcement mechanisms in the federal civil rights laws referenced in the law (Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1. [...] Language access Recognizing the large number of people in the United States for whom English is not the primary language, the new final rule reinstates many of the language access protections that had been included in the 2016 rule, but largely erased from the Trump ...