NJ A921

Requires all health care professionals licensed under Title 45 who provide in-home health care services, including homemaker-home health aides, to complete one credit of cultural competency and implicit bias training within one year of the act's effective date and every two years thereafter

Defines "implicit bias" as attitudes or stereotypes that unconsciously affect understanding, actions, and decisions, and "cultural competency" as the ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures, races, religions, gender identities, and other diversity categories

Mandates the Department of Health develop the training curriculum covering: identification of biases related to race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability; communication techniques; strategies for mitigating unconscious biases; federal and state discrimination laws; and health disparities

Requires the Department of Health to create and maintain an electronic database to track compliance with the training requirements

Takes effect 90 days after enactment, with the Division of Consumer Affairs and Commissioner of Health authorized to adopt necessary rules and regulations