42 CFR § 495.356 - Nondiscrimination requirements.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t42/s495.356"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "42 CFR § 495.356 - Nondiscrimination requirements."
title_number: 42
title_name: "Public Health"
section_number: "495.356"
section_name: "Nondiscrimination requirements."
chapter_name: "CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "STANDARDS AND CERTIFICATION"
part_number: "495"
part_name: "STANDARDS FOR THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD TECHNOLOGY INCENTIVE PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh."
regulatory_source: "75 FR 44565, July 28, 2010, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "495"
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# 495.356 Nondiscrimination requirements.
State agencies and any other beneficiaries or subbeneficiaries of Federal financial assistance provided under this subpart are subject to the nondiscrimination requirements in 45 CFR parts 80, 84, and 91.
(a) These regulations in 45 CFR parts 80, 84, and 91 prohibit individuals from being excluded from participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity which received Federal financial assistance.
(b) Specifically, 45 CFR part 80 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin; 45 CFR part 84 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability; and 45 CFR part 91 prohibits discrimination on the basis of age.