HRW: Letter on Proposed Rule on Health and Human Services Grants Regulation

Secretary Alex Azar Department of Health and Human Services Hubert H. Humphrey Building 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 445-G Washington, DC 20201 RE: Proposed Rule on Health and Human Services Grants Regulation Dear Secretary Azar, Human Rights Watch opposes the Proposed Rule on Health and Human Services Grants Regulation (RIN 0991-AC16).[1] We also oppose the decision of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), effective immediately, that it will not enforce certain existing nondiscrimination protections in its grantmaking. The regulatory protections enacted in 2016 were designed…

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