ADA Archives - HIT Leaders and News https://us.hitleaders.news/tag/ada/ Healthcare Innovations and technology news and views Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:08:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 HHS Office for Civil Rights Secures Agreement with Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Advance the Rights of People in Recovery and Involved in Child Welfare Services https://us.hitleaders.news/government/40901/hhs-office-for-civil-rights-secures-agreement-with-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania-to-advance-the-rights-of-people-in-recovery-and-involved-in-child-welfare-services/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hhs-office-for-civil-rights-secures-agreement-with-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania-to-advance-the-rights-of-people-in-recovery-and-involved-in-child-welfare-services Tue, 08 Aug 2023 18:03:18 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=40901 The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has entered into a voluntary resolution agreement with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through its Department of Human Services (PA DHS), protecting the rights of persons with disabilities, including persons in recovery from substance use disorder, based on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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]]> HHS and DOJ Issue Guidance on Nondiscrimination in Telehealth https://us.hitleaders.news/core-categories/telehealth-2/37242/hhs-and-doj-issue-guidance-on-nondiscrimination-in-telehealth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hhs-and-doj-issue-guidance-on-nondiscrimination-in-telehealth Tue, 02 Aug 2022 06:27:43 +0000 https://us.hitleaders.news/?p=37242 As we commemorate the 32nd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Department of Justice are partnering together to publish guidance on the protections in federal nondiscrimination laws, including the ADA, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, requiring that telehealth be accessible to people with disabilities and limited English proficient persons.

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