US Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Temple University Health System, Inc. (“Temple Health”) has reached an agreement with the United States to improve employee training and awareness of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), to resolve allegations that Temple Universal Hospital — Episcopal Campus (“Episcopal Hospital”) violated the ADA by denying full and equal access to Episcopal Hospital’s Emergency Department (“ED”) based on an individual’s disability and use of a service animal. Under the ADA, all hospitals, as places of public accommodation, must provide emergency services to members of the general public. This resolution arises out of an investigation into whether Episcopal Hospital denied an individual with a service animal access to its ED, which is in violation of the ADA.
