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Fact Sheets

Discrimination is against the law, and OCR enforces the Federal civil rights laws that ensure that all individuals have equal access to quality healthcare and social services. Listed below are consumer information that help explain your rights to receive services and benefits in programs and activities funded by HHS without facing unlawful discrimination.

  • Effective Communication for Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (factsheet)

  • Safeguarding Civil Rights and Health Information Privacy (brochure, PDF|6.22MB, 2013)

  • How to File a Discrimination Complaint (fact sheet, PDF|52.2KB)

  • Know Your Rights Against Discrimination (fact sheet, PDF|247KB, 2013)

  • Know the Rights that Protect Us from Discrimination Based on Race, Color, or National Origin (fact sheet, PDF|251KB, 2013)

  • Know About the Federal Law that Protects Against Age Discrimination (fact sheet, PDF|242KB, 2013)

  • Know the Rights that Protect Individuals with Disabilities from Discrimination (fact sheet, PDF|259KB, 2013)

  • Know the Rights that Protect Individuals with HIV and AIDS from Discrimination (fact sheet, PDF|244KB, 2013

  • Know Your Rights Under the Community Service Assurance Provisions of the Hill Burton Act (fact sheet, PDF|250KB, 2013)

Content created by Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
Content last reviewed April 15, 2014
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