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MI HB5947
Bill
Status
9/25/2024
Primary Sponsor
Carrie Rheingans
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AI Summary
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Requires healthcare licensees and registrants to complete implicit bias training during their license or registration cycle and provide proof to the department during renewal applications
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Training must include trauma-informed approaches to care and anti-stigma education on physical, cognitive, developmental disabilities, and behavioral health conditions
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Grants the department authority to promulgate rules determining the appropriate number of training hours required
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Exempts individuals licensed under part 188 from this requirement
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Defines "implicit bias" as unconscious attitudes or stereotypes affecting perception and decision-making based on characteristics including race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, disability, and trauma
Legislative Description
Health: licensing; implicit bias training requirement for licensing; modify. Amends 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.1101 - 333.25211) by adding sec. 16207.
Health: licensing
Last Action
Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/25/2024
9/25/2024