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<div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size: inherit;">What do you give a statue for its 50th birthday? A regulation refresh of course!</span><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><b>Health and Human Services Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Out for public comment next week proposed changes by Health and Human Services will clarify expand their current Section 504 regulations in critical areas including:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Accessible medical equipment.</span></li><li class="p2" style="margin: 0in 0in 1.5pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Medical treatment and value assessments. </span></li><li class="p3" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Maintenance of accessible features in the built enviornment.</span></li><li class="p3" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Communications<span class="apple-converted-space"> access.
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">45 CFR Part 84<br>
Discrimination on the Basis of Disability in Health and Human Service Programs or Activities<br>
AGENCY: Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Office of the Secretary, HHS.<br>
ACTION: Proposed rule. <span style="color: black;">It is scheduled to be published on
<b>09/14/2023. In the mean you can <a href="https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2023-19149.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">download the unpublished</span></a> PDF version.</b></span><b><span style="color: black;"></span></b></span></p>
<p style="margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:0in"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">HHS will host a webinar on the NPRM on September 11, 2023, at 1-1:45 pm ET. Register</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);">here:</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 12.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(27, 27, 27);"><a href="https://hhsacl.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_cbLO2lobQzecAJBkLKbP_A"><span style="color: rgb(84, 39, 143);">https://hhsacl.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_cbLO2lobQzecAJBkLKbP_A</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></p>
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