OCR Resolves Complaint with Tennessee Following Revision to Crisis Standards of Care – HealthLeaders Media

A version of this article was first published July 7, 2020, by HCPro'sRevenue Cycle Advisor, a sibling publication to HealthLeaders.

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced in late June that itreached an early case resolutionwith the state of Tennessee regarding the states crisis standards of care (CSC) protocol.

Previously, OCR received a complaint from Disability Rights Tennessee and other advocacy organizations alleging that Tennessees CSC plan was discriminatory toward individuals with disabilities.

The complainants believed the CSC plan would unlawfully disqualify individuals with advanced neuromuscular disease, metastatic cancer, traumatic brain injury, dementia, and other disabilities from access to a ventilator during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency.

OCR provided technical assistance to Tennessee, and the stateupdated its CSC policiesto include the following:

In light of theupdated protocolpresented by Tennessee, OCR announced that it closed the complaint against the state without any finding of liability.

This marks OCRs fourth resolution with a state regarding disability discrimination concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

OCR also resolved complaints against Alabama, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania in recent months.

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