New HHS Know Your Rights Resource for LGBTQI+ Older Adults

 From Justice in Aging

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR) recently created a new resource to help LGBTQI+ older adults and advocates understand and enforce their rights when receiving health and long-term care. The LGBTQI+ Older Adults – Know Your Rights Resource Guide explains how recently updated regulations implementing the Health Care Rights Law (Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, HIPAA, and grants to HHS-funded programs reinforce important protections and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex—including sexual orientation, gender identity, sex characteristics, and sex stereotypes—and on the basis of disability, including HIV.