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Office of Civil Rights - Tennessee State Government - TN.gov

(8 days ago) WEBThis institution is an equal opportunity provider. For special accommodations contact Luvenia Harrison, ADA Coordinator/ LEP Coordinator / Civil Rights Compliance Officer, TDH, [email protected] or (615) 741-9421. For citizens with disabilities- TTY …

https://www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/title6.html

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Access to High Quality Healthcare - TN.gov

(7 days ago) WEBTennessee currently faces provider shortages in physicians, dentists, and mental health care providers; meaning that a large proportion of our state face barriers to reaching a …

https://www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/county-health-councils/tn-vitality-toolkit/basic-needs/access-to-healthcare.html

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Civil Rights Compliance - Tennessee State Government - TN.gov

(5 days ago) WEBIt is simple and fast to file a discrimination complaint online. If you are having a problem with your health care services find out who to call by clicking on this link. 310 Great …

https://www.tn.gov/tenncare/members-applicants/civil-rights-compliance.html

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Examination of racial inequality in Nashville's healthcare - The …

(5 days ago) WEBAfrican American respondents were nearly five times more likely (14.6%) to report feeling discrimination when seeking healthcare in Metro Nashville compared to …

https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2020/07/31/examination-racial-inequality-nashvilles-healthcare/5540680002/

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More than 1 in 8 LGBTQ people live in states where doctors can …

(9 days ago) WEBJuly 28, 2022, 5:40 AM PDT. By Jo Yurcaba. South Carolina became the seventh state last month to permit health care providers to decline to serve people if they feel doing so …

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-health-and-wellness/1-8-lgbtq-people-live-states-doctors-can-refuse-treat-rcna39161

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HEALTH EQUITY TN Justice Center

(Just Now) WEBIn fact, in Tennessee, the LGBTQ community faces a range of barriers to access while also lacking critical protections against discrimination. For example, Tennessee does not ban conversion therapy; Tennessee …

https://www.tnjustice.org/health-equity/

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Report a Concern - Tennessee State Government - TN.gov

(5 days ago) WEBFile a complaint against a pharmacist or pharmacy: 615-253-1299. Click here to download a Pharmacy complaint form (PH-3466) Due to the nature of complaints and complex legal …

https://www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/health-professional-boards/report-a-concern.html

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Care and Caring: The Affordable Care Act, Health Coverage …

(4 days ago) WEBAt the beginning of the project in the summer of 2016, a brief survey was conducted by Tennessee Health Care Campaign and PFLAG-Nashville to assess whether …

https://tnhealthcarecampaign.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Care-and-Caring-June-2017-Online-Health-Study-LGBT-Tennessee.pdf

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LGBT Adults’ Experiences with Discrimination and Health Care

(6 days ago) WEBThe share of LGBT adults who report experiencing at least one type of discrimination rises to eight in ten among those ages 18-29, compared to about half of …

https://www.kff.org/report-section/lgbt-adults-experiences-with-discrimination-and-health-care-disparities-findings/

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Justice Department Challenges Tennessee Law that Bans Critical

(3 days ago) WEBThe Justice Department today filed a complaint challenging Tennessee Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), a recently enacted law that denies necessary medical care to youth …

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-challenges-tennessee-law-bans-critical-medically-necessary-care

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Discrimination and Medical Mistrust in a Racially and Ethnically

(3 days ago) WEBINTRODUCTION. Medical mistrust is a major barrier to a strong patient-clinician relationship. 1-3 Patient mistrust in health care clinicians and in the health care system …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7800756/

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Tennessee families ask Supreme Court to review state ban on …

(6 days ago) WEBSeveral Tennessee families and health care providers asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to declare unconstitutional the state’s ban on gender-affirming …

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/01/politics/tennessee-gender-affirming-care-supreme-court/index.html

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Families and Advocates Urge Appeals Court to Block Tennessee’s …

(3 days ago) WEBCINCINNATI – Lawyers representing transgender adolescents, their parents, and a medical provider will urge the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a …

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/families-and-advocates-urge-appeals-court-to-block-tennessees-ban-on-gender-affirming-health-care

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Complaint Successfully Nudges Tennessee Forward – CREEC

(2 days ago) WEBIf you or a family member have a disability and are being negatively impacted by healthcare rationing or visitor policies at a Tennessee health care facility, …

https://creeclaw.org/2020/06/26/tn-improved-state-guidelines-healthcare-rationing/

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Tennessee Law Allows Therapists To Refuse To Treat Patients On

(7 days ago) WEBRepublican Gov. Bill Haslam signed a law allowing mental health counselors to refuse to treat patients based on religious objections. Critics say the measure …

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/27/475939114/tennessee-enacts-law-letting-therapists-refuse-patients-on-religious-grounds

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Justice and unintentional discrimination in health care: A …

(3 days ago) WEBThis study aimed to explore the experiences of unintentional discrimination and related factors in health-care providers. This qualitative study was conducted with …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8057166/

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LGBTQ Advocates Sue Tennessee to Block Dangerous Transgender …

(1 days ago) WEBNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Tennessee, and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP today sued the …

https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/lgbtq-advocates-sue-tennessee-to-block-dangerous-transgender-healthcare-ban

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Tennessee's Latest Anti-LGBTQ+ Assault: Restricting Trans Health …

(3 days ago) WEBTrudy Ring. May 19 2021 2:49 PM EST. Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill into law regulating gender-affirming health care, the fifth anti-LGBTQ+ bill he's signed this year. …

https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2021/5/19/tennessees-latest-anti-lgbtq-assault-restricting-trans-health-care

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Summary of the Final Rule - HHS.gov

(8 days ago) WEBSection 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in any health program or …

https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/section-1557/1557-fact-sheet/index.html

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Gender-Affirming Health Care: Provider Considerations

(5 days ago) WEBTitle VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) (prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, or national origin) (42 U.S.C. § 2000d to 2000d-7).

https://www.reuters.com/practical-law-the-journal/litigation/gender-affirming-health-care-provider-considerations-2023-11-01/

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EEOC Sues HCA Healthcare and Two of its Divisions for Race, …

(Just Now) WEBThe alleged conduct also violates the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which forbids age discrimination against people who are aged 40 or older The …

https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/eeoc-sues-hca-healthcare-and-two-its-divisions-race-national-origin-age-discrimination-and

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LGBTQ+ Americans report more discrimination at the doctor, poll …

(4 days ago) WEBPublished. September 15, 2022, 2:00 a.m. PT. When LGBTQ+ people go to the doctor, they are more likely to be refused medical services, blamed for their health problems and …

https://19thnews.org/2022/09/poll-healthcare-lgbtq-medical-discrimination/

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Training for Mental Health Providers - TN.gov

(1 days ago) WEBTraining focused on training hospital emergency department staff about mental health and suicide. The screening, assessment, and referral process of patients at risk for suicide, …

https://www.tn.gov/health/health-program-areas/fhw/suicide-prevention/trainings/training-for-mental-health-providers.html

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Tennessee legislature ends: What lawmakers did and didn't pass

(4 days ago) WEBAdvocates for reform estimate that Tennessee's certificate of need laws have blocked nearly $1.5 billion in proposed health care investments since 2000. The bill …

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/26/tennessee-general-assembly-ends-what-lawmakers-did-and-didnt-pass-in-2024/73331667007/

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HHS finalizes disability access rule for healthcare providers

(1 days ago) WEBThe new rule, which takes effect on July 1, will require hospitals to retrofit their facilities to improve access and remove biases in their operations.

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/providers/nondiscrimination-rule-patients-disabilities-hhs

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Where does the Supreme Court stand on transgender health care …

(1 days ago) WEBOn April 15, the high court allowed Idaho to enforce its ban on trans health care against all minors in the state, except for plaintiffs in the ongoing lawsuit against the …

https://19thnews.org/2024/05/supreme-court-gender-affirming-care-idaho-tennessee/

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4 things to know about the latest abortion lawsuit from - NPR

(1 days ago) WEB4 things to know about the latest abortion lawsuit from Republican states : Shots - Health News A new regulation to protect the rights of pregnant workers is the …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/04/27/1247608094/abortion-lawsuit-pregnant-workers-fairness-act-eeoc-biden

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Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender …

(5 days ago) WEBThe Biden administration in 2021 announced its intention to protect transgender Americans from health care discrimination through Section 1557 and Title …

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/27/politics/lgbtq-health-care-biden-administration-rules-affordable-care-act/index.html

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Biden’s new Title IX rules protect LGBTQ+ students, but avoid

(2 days ago) WEBFILE - Demonstrators advocating for transgender rights and healthcare stand outside of the Ohio Statehouse on Jan. 24, 2024, in Columbus, Ohio. The rights of …

https://apnews.com/article/title-ix-sexual-assault-transgender-sports-d0fc0ab7515de02b8e4403d0481dc1e7

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BMJ collaborates with Vanderbilt University’s Heard Libraries to

(5 days ago) WEBNew read-and-publish agreement expands the opportunity for sharing and accessing cutting-edge research. Leading global health care knowledge provider BMJ …

https://newsonline.library.vanderbilt.edu/2024/05/bmj-collaborates-with-vanderbilt-universitys-heard-libraries-to-support-open-access-publishing/

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76ers Donating 2,000 Tickets for Game 6 vs. Knicks to Local First

(4 days ago) WEBThe Philadelphia 76ers' ownership group purchased more than 2,000 tickets for Thursday's Game 6 against the New York Knicks that will be distributed to first …

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10119457-76ers-donating-2000-tickets-for-game-6-vs-knicks-to-local-first-responders-more

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