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Federal Complaint Alleges Arizona’s Crisis Standards Discriminate Against People With Disabilities, Older People, People Of Color.
Arizona Republic (7/20, Innes) reports “two Arizonans and several advocacy groups have filed a federal complaint that argues that the state’s crisis standards, allowed because of COVID-19, discriminate against older Arizonans, people of color and those with disabilities.” The standards for the crisis “guide the allocation of scarce resources to patients based on factors such as their likelihood for survival.” The protocols in the state’s “Crisis Standards of Care and an addendum to the standards are putting some Arizonans at risk for ‘imminent harm,’ says the 20-page July 17 complaint to Roger Severino, director for the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S.