| Subject: | HHS Issues Final Rule About Provider Conscience Discrimination |
| Category: | Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
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| Published: | Thu, 18 Dec 2008 - 12:00 pm |
| The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a Final Rule regarding the right of federally funded health care providers to decline to participate in services to which they object, such as abortion. Specifically, the Final Rule:Clarifies that non-discrimination protections apply to institutional health care providers as well as to individual employees working for recipients of certain funds from HHS;Requires recipients of certain HHS funds to certify their compliance with... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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