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IN SB0047
Bill
AI Summary
- Requires individuals seeking a health care professional license from a licensing board to complete cultural competency training before licensure is issued
- Training must include awareness of cultural differences and how the individual's own beliefs and behaviors affect patients
- Training must include knowledge of various cultural groups in the individual's profession and the effects of social and behavioral differences on their health
- Training must include skills to modify behavior to improve patient understanding, accommodate cultural requirements, and foster treatment compliance
- Applies only to new licenses issued after June 30, 2015; excludes the Indiana board of veterinary medical examiners
Legislative Description
Health care professional cultural training. Requires an individual seeking licensure in a health care profession to complete cultural competency training.
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Pensions & Labor
1/6/2015
Committee Referrals
Pensions and Labor1/6/2015
Full Bill Text
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