CA AB1407

Requires approved nursing schools and programs to include one hour of direct participation in implicit bias training as a graduation requirement, covering topics such as unconscious bias, barriers to inclusion, health inequities in perinatal care, and reproductive justice.

Prohibits the implicit bias training requirement from affecting licensure requirements, requiring curriculum revisions, or affecting licensure by endorsement.

Requires newly licensed registered nurses to complete one hour of implicit bias continuing education within their first two years of licensure, effective January 1, 2023, through board-approved continuing education providers.

Mandates hospitals to implement evidence-based implicit bias programs for new nursing graduate training programs, with compliance with existing perinatal care implicit bias requirements satisfying this obligation for new graduates involved in perinatal care.