§300.300. Statutory and national policy requirements. — Inbound Citations

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.

(c) In the statutes listed in paragraphs (c)(1) through (13) of this section that HHS administers which prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, the Department interprets those provisions to include a prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, consistent with the Supreme Court's decision in Bostock v. Clayton County, 590 U.S. 644 (2020), and other Federal court precedent applying Bostock's reasoning that sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This provision is interpretive and does not impose any substantive obligations on entities outside the Department. This paragraph (c) interprets the following HHS authorities that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex:

(1) Authorization for programs for domestic resettlement of and assistance to refugees.

(2) Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness.

(3) Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances.

(4) Title VII Health Workforce Programs.

(5) Nursing Workforce Development.

(6) Preventive Health Services Block Grant.

(7) Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant; Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.

(8) Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

(9) Disaster relief.

(10) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

(11) Head Start.

(12) Community Services Block Grant Program.

(13) Family Violence Prevention and Services.