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Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32151
Subject(s) - human services , taxpayer , sexual orientation , waiver , enforcement , health care , law , haven , political science , harm , administration (probate law) , social security act , social security , sociology , mathematics , combinatorics , gender studies
The American Psychological Association (APA) strongly criticized the Trump administration's proposal to halt enforcement of nondiscrimination requirements in Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant rules, asserting that removing such protections will harm the most vulnerable populations. “This move opens the door to taxpayer‐funded discrimination by HHS grant recipients,” said Jaime “Jim” Diaz‐Granados, Ph.D., APA's deputy CEO, in a Nov. 21 statement. “This proposal will, in essence, remove legal protections for populations that are most in need of them.” According to the proposed rule, the department would no longer enforce nondiscrimination protections in HHS‐funded grant programs based on classes that are not already explicitly protected by federal civil rights laws or specifically written into the law creating the grant. These classes could potentially include sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity. This proposed rule would affect billions of dollars of health and social service programs, including adoption and foster care services, family preservation services, supportive housing services, maternal and child health, and independent living centers, according to the APA.