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HHS bars discrimination through clinical algorithms and AI in its Section 1557 final rule

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Source: HHS press release (26 April 2024)Also reported by Federal Register 2024-08711

HHS released its final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act on 26 April 2024, published in the Federal Register on 6 May (89 FR 37522). New section 92.210 says covered health programmes must not discriminate on race, colour, national origin, sex, age or disability through ‘patient care decision support tools’, including AI. Covered entities must make reasonable efforts to identify tools that use those factors and to mitigate the risk, with those duties applying from May 2025, 300 days after the rule took effect on 5 July 2024.

Why it matters

US hospitals, clinics and insurers receiving federal funds became legally responsible for finding and reducing discrimination risks in the clinical algorithms and AI tools they use.

When
26 Apr 2024
ID
WTA-N-2024-0007
Who
HHS, HHS Office for Civil Rights

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from HHS press release (26 April 2024) and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at HHS press release (26 April 2024)

Source copy: download the page text as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2024-0007: “HHS bars discrimination through clinical algorithms and AI in its Section 1557 final rule.” wheresthe.ai, 26 Apr 2024. https://wheresthe.ai/d/us-hhs-section-1557-decision-support-tools-2024-04/ (source: HHS press release (26 April 2024)).

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