Certain Medical Schools and Hospitals in OCR’s Crosshairs for DEI-Related Policies

In accordance with President Trump’s Executive Order 14173, which is aimed at eradicating discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunities, HHS’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating four medical schools and hospitals that receive HHS funding. In response to alleged violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, OCR is assessing whether these medical schools and hospitals are operating medical education, training, or scholarship programs that discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex. Executive Order 14173 directs federal agencies to enforce long-standing civil rights laws and “to combat illegal private sector DEI preferences, mandates, policies, programs, and activities.”