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House committee advances bills requiring unconscious-bias and cultural-competency training for health professionals
Summary
Two bills that would require unconscious-bias and cultural-competency training for health professionals advanced from committee with divided votes. HB 1649 passed 11-7; HB 1675 passed 11-8.
The committee reported two separate bills addressing unconscious-bias and cultural-competency training for licensed health professionals.
HB 1649, sponsored by Delegate Hayes, would direct the Board of Medicine to require unconscious-bias and cultural-competency training as part of license renewal. Counsel explained the bill does not specify the number of training hours; the requirement would be incorporated into existing…
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