MED PRAC-CULTURAL COMPETENCY
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SB 558 — MED PRAC-CULTURAL COMPETENCY
Last action — Session Sine Die
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✓Introduced
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2In Committee
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3Passed Senate
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4Passed House
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 95th Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Amends the Medical School Curriculum Act. Provides that the curriculum in each medical school operated in this State must include instruction in cultural competency designed to address the problem of race-based and gender-based disparities in medical treatment decisions. Requires a medical school that includes such instruction in its curricula to offer, for continuing education credit, cultural competency training that is provided through classroom instruction, workshops, or other educational programs sponsored by the school and that meets continuing education criteria established by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Requires an applicant for licensure under the Act who is licensed in another jurisdiction to have completed cultural competency training consistent with that required under the Medical School Curriculum Act. Provides that continuing education requirements for persons licensed under the Act who did not receive instruction in cultural competency must include the completion of cultural competency training during the first renewal cycle immediately following the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Bill Text
- Introduced View text Current html
Action History
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Session Sine Die
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Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
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Held in Licensed Activities
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Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
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Postponed - Licensed Activities
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Assigned to Licensed Activities
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Referred to Rules
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First Reading
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Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter
Sponsors
- Mattie Hunter · Cosponsor
Sponsorship breakdown
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Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (1)
- Mattie Hunter Democrat
Not signed on (182)
182 members have not signed on to this bill.
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Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 558 do?
- Amends the Medical School Curriculum Act. Provides that the curriculum in each medical school operated in this State must include instruction in cultural competency designed to address the problem of race-based and gender-based disparities in medical treatment decisions. Requires a medical school that includes such instruction in its curricula to offer, for continuing education credit, cultural competency training that is provided through classroom instruction, workshops, or other educational programs sponsored by the school and that meets continuing education criteria established by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Requires an applicant for licensure under the Act who is licensed in another jurisdiction to have completed cultural competency training consistent with that required under the Medical School Curriculum Act. Provides that continuing education requirements for persons licensed under the Act who did not receive instruction in cultural competency must include the completion of cultural competency training during the first renewal cycle immediately following the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
- Who sponsors SB 558?
- SB 558 is sponsored by Mattie Hunter (Democrat).
- What is the current status of SB 558?
- This bill died with 95th Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track SB 558?
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