COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Flexibilities and Returning to Regular Operations
On April 10, 2023, the COVID-19 National Emergency ended and on May 11, 2023, the federal COVID-19 Public Health Emergency expired. Find out more on Medicaid and CHIP flexibilities, coverage, and benefits related to COVID-19.
The Medicaid continuous enrollment condition, authorized by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, ended on March 31, 2023. Find resources related to returning to normal operations and restarting full Medicaid and CHIP eligibility renewals.
Nondiscrimination Policy Update
Pursuant to decisions by various district courts regarding the 2024 Final Rule implementing Section 1557, entitled Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities, 89 Fed. Reg. 37,522 (May 6, 2024) (“2024 Final Rule”), provisions are stayed or enjoined as indicated below:
- In Florida v. Department of Health and Human Services, No. 8:24-cv-1080-WFJ-TGW (M.D. Fla.), the court stayed 45 C.F.R. 92.101(a)(2)(iv), 92.206(b), 92.207(b)(3)-(5), and 42 C.F.R. 438.3(d)(4), in Florida. OCR also may not enforce the interpretation of discrimination “on the basis of sex” in 45 C.F.R. 92.101(a)(2)(iv), 92.206(b), or 92.207(b)(3)-(5) in Florida.
- In Tennessee v. Becerra, No. 1:24cv161-LG-BWR (S.D. Miss.), the court stayed nationwide the following regulations to the extent they “extend discrimination on the basis of sex to include discrimination on the basis of gender identity”: 42 C.F.R. 438.3, 438.206, 440.262, 460.98, 460.112; 45 C.F.R. 92.5, 92.6, 92.7, 92.8, 92.9, 92.10, 92.101, 92.206-211, 92.301, 92.303, 92.304; and enjoined HHS from enforcing the 2024 Final Rule “to the extent that the final rule provides that ‘sex’ discrimination encompasses gender identity.”
- In Texas v. Becerra, No. 6:24-cv-211-JDK (E.D. Tex.), the court stayed the 2024 Final Rule in its entirety in Texas and Montana.