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Section 504

The U.S. law covering organizations that receive federal money, with a health rule naming WCAG 2.1 AA for websites and apps.

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act bars disability discrimination by any program or activity that receives federal funding, which includes hospitals, clinics, insurers, and state agencies. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services wrote a 2024 rule under it that requires recipients of HHS funding to make their websites, patient portals, and mobile apps meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA.

A May 2026 interim final rule moved the web and app dates to May 11, 2027 for recipients with 15 or more employees and May 10, 2028 for smaller ones, and the dates could move again. The HHS Office for Civil Rights takes complaints. Our maintained summary is at Section 504 (HHS rule).

Source

Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, published in the Federal Register, 2024. Checked .

Section 508
The U.S. law requiring federal agencies, and the technology they buy, to be accessible to people with disabilities.
ADA Title II
The part of the ADA that covers state and local governments, now with a web rule naming WCAG 2.1 AA and dated deadlines.
ADA
The Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. civil rights law that the Department of Justice says applies to websites.
WCAG
The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, the international standard for accessible web content that most laws point at.

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