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HB 1333 IN

Cultural awareness and competence training.

IN · session 2021 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 14, 2021

Latest action (Jan 14, 2021) First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

Summary

Provides that the state health data center (center) shall maintain statistics concerning race and ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status. (Under current law, the center is required to maintain statistics concerning gender and ethnicity.) Requires the center to adopt and implement the data collection standards established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Provides that the state department of health, with the assistance of the office of minority health, shall establish a cultural awareness and competence training program for health care professionals. Provides that a health care professional must complete two hours of cultural awareness and competence training each year.

Sponsor (1)

Action history (2)

  1. Jan 14, 2021 Authored by Representative Shackleford · lower
  2. Jan 14, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health · lower
Subjects
HEALTH, Health Care ProfessionalsHEALTH, State Department and AgenciesTECHNOLOGY

Text versions (1)

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  • Introduced House Bill (H) · Jan 11, 2021 · PDF

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