On Friday, May 13, 2016, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights finalized regulations that provide explicit protections from discrimination on the basis of gender identity in health care and insurance under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.
HHS Issues Final ACA Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities Regulation
By Todd Solomon on June 2, 2016
Posted In Employment, Health and Welfare Plans