Discrimination on the Basis of Religion

OCR enforces the following laws as they apply to recipients of Federal Financial Assistance from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.    The following link take you to Government Printing Office Access to the United States Code website.  Please note that those using the online version for legal research should verify their results against the printed version of the United States Code available through the Government Printing Office.

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• Sections 794 and 855 of the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 295m and 296g, prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, disability, sex (gender), or religion in Federally-Assisted Health Training Programs.  The regulation is 45 C.F.R. Part 83.
  
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• Section 508 of the Social Security Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, disability, sex (gender), or religion in the Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant.  The relevant section of the law is 42 U.S.C. 708. 
  
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• Section 533 of the Public Health Service Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, disability, sex (gender), or religion in Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.  The relevant section of the law is 42 U.S.C. 290cc-33.
  
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• Section 1908 of the Public Health Service Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, disability, sex (gender), or religion in programs, services, and activities funded by Preventative Health and Health Services Block Grants.  The relevant section of the law is 42 U.S.C. 300w-7.
  
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• Section 1947 of the Public Health Service Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, disability, sex (gender), or religion in programs, services, and activities funded by Community Mental Health Services Block Grant and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grants.  The relevant section of the law is 42 U.S.C. (Subpart III) 300x-57.   
  
  
• The Family Violence Prevention and Services Act prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, disability, sex (gender), or religion in programs, services, and activities funded under this Act.  The relevant section of the law is 42 U.S.C. 10406. 
  
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• The Communications Act of 1934, as amended, has Equal Employment Opportunity provisions that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, religion, national origin, or sex (gender) by Federally-funded public telecommunication entities.  The law is found at 47 U.S.C. 398.