Lambda Legal Senior Attorney Sasha Buchert The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday, Jan. 7, announced a new rule that will permit social service agencies and providers that receive HHS grant funding to discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, as well as on the basis of religion and sex.
The rule impacts HHS-supported social services ranging from foster care, adoption, HIV and STI prevention programs and refugee assistance to programs for seniors and adults and youth experiencing homelessness, and many other public health services.
It will be formally published on Monday, Jan. 12, and is scheduled to take effect Feb. 11, 2021. Sasha Buchert, senior attorney with Lambda Legal, said today