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New OCR Settlement On COVID-19 Triage Criteria Increases Disability Protections

On June 26, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights issued a press release entitled “OCR Resolves Complaint with Tennessee After it Revises its Triage Plans to Protect Against Disability Discrimination.” A number of state and national disability groups had complained that Tennessee’s crisis standards of care (CSC) “would unlawfully … Continue reading New OCR Settlement On COVID-19 Triage Criteria Increases Disability Protections