Biden Health-Worker Religious Conscience Proposal Clears OMB

December 28, 2022, 3:21 PM UTC

The Biden administration is one step closer to making changes to a Trump-era rule that allowed health-care workers to deny care based on their religious and moral beliefs.

A proposed rule (RIN 0945-AA18) cleared review by the White House Office of Management and Budget on Tuesday and can be published at any time.

The Trump-era rule (RIN 0945-AA10) allowed the Department of Health and Human Services to strip federal health funding from health-care facilities if they take adverse actions against workers who cite a religious or moral objection to providing care.

The changes will need to ...

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