{"id":355624,"date":"2016-04-04T10:41:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T15:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.findlaw-admin.com\/ability-law\/civilrights\/discrimination\/disability-discrimination-in-health-care-and-health-services.html"},"modified":"2023-10-06T11:21:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T16:21:22","slug":"disability-discrimination-in-health-care-and-health-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.findlaw.com\/civilrights\/discrimination\/disability-discrimination-in-health-care-and-health-services.html","title":{"rendered":"Disability Discrimination in Health Care and Health Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Disability Discrimination in Health Care and Health Services<\/h1>\n
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Disability discrimination happens in many contexts, including by health care providers. There are civil rights laws in place to prevent this type of discrimination.<\/p>\r\n

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973<\/a> and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act<\/a> (ADA) of 1990 do several things. They prohibit covered health care, human service providers, and institutions from discriminating against people with disabilities. They cannot discriminate when providing benefits or services or conducting programs or activities. The ADA aims to ensure full and equal access for people with disabilities.<\/p>\r\n

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Section 504 applies to programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. Federal assistance includes public health benefits like Medicaid and Medicare.<\/p>\r\n

Title II of the ADA covers all services, programs, and activities, including licensing, conducted by public entities.<\/p>\r\n

Public entities include, but aren’t limited to, the following:<\/p>\r\n