White House Reviewing HHS Conscience Protections Rule

The White House Office of Management and Budget on Thursday (Jan. 17) began reviewing HHS’ final rule to enforce statutory protections for HHS-funded programs allowing any person in the health care field to refuse to provide care based on religious or conscience-related objections. The rule was posted on OMB’s regulatory dashboard and is now awaiting approval. The rule, proposed in January 2018 , applies to any entity that receives full or partial funding from HHS and aims to protect health...