HHS Section 504 health-care disability rule
HHS finalized updated Section 504 rules for HHS-funded health programs, including disability nondiscrimination protections for medical treatment decisions and accessible health services.
Federal · Effective · Implementation Jul 8, 2024
What it is
- What changed
- HHS updated Section 504 rules for recipients of HHS funding, including protections against disability-based bias in medical treatment decisions and requirements around accessible services, communication, and program access.
- Why it matters
- Caregivers often become the practical advocate when disability bias, inaccessible communication, or representative access blocks care.
- Who it touches
- Family caregivers, Care providers and plans, People receiving care, Businesses and agencies that must complydisabled people, family caregivers, authorized representatives, health-care organizations
- What it does
- Gives people a right or protection
- Identifiers
- 2024-09237
Sources
Last reviewed Jun 18, 2026. This is information, not legal advice; check the source for the current text.