Attorney General Brnovich Asks HHS to Prohibit Racial Discrimination in Allocating COVID-19 Treatments
PHOENIX – Today Attorney General Mark Brnovich submitted a petition for rulemaking to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) requesting that the agency adopt a rule prohibiting the issuing of medical therapies based on race or ethnicity.
This rule is critical to ensure that HHS is not violating the Equal Protection Clause, in light of its recent guidance imposing race-based criteria for allocating lifesaving COVID-19 treatments.