Health workers in Tennessee can no longer prioritize patients who don’t have disabilities after the state agreed to change its Covid-19 response plan, resolving a complaint before the HHS.
The resolution with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights, announced Friday, marks the fourth time that the agency has reached a deal with a state over alleged discrimination during the pandemic. The OCR is the arm of HHS that enforces federal antidiscrimination laws.
The agency took the case after receiving a complaint from Disability Rights Tennessee and other advocacy organizations.
The state’s new plan states that ...
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