Last
week the Trump Administration announced that within the Department of Health
and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a new Conscience and
Religious Freedom Division has been established to "restore federal
enforcement" of laws that protect the fundamental and unalienable rights
of conscience and religious freedom.
OCR is the law enforcement agency within
HHS that enforces federal laws protecting civil rights in HHS. According to the
agency, the creation of the new division will provide focus to more vigorously and
effectively enforce existing laws protecting the rights of conscience and
religious freedom.
A
proposed rule is forthcoming that would give OCR more authority to protect
workers and impose penalties on organizations that do not allow them to express
their religious and moral objections. AHCA/NCAL will closely track new guidance
and proposed rules that may impact long-term care providers.
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