Utah Revises Crisis Standards Of Care Guidelines Required By HHS Office For Civil Rights

Utah recently revised its crisis standards of care (CSC) to ensure that the criteria do not discriminate against persons on the basis of age and disability. The revise was required by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which had received complaints about Utah’s standards. On August 20, 2020, OCR announced it had reached an agreement with the state about the revised criteria.

OCR had received a complaint from the Disability Law Center alleging that provisions of the 2018 Utah CSC guidelines and its 2020 Annex discriminate based on . . .