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| | 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3170 Introduced , by Rep. Maura Hirschauer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the Implicit Bias Training for Health Care Professionals Act. Provides that in order to renew a license as a health care professional in the State, a licensee shall complete an evidence-based implicit bias training, which shall include the promotion of bias-reducing strategies to address how unintended biases regarding gender identity or sexual orientation affect the health care industry. Specifies information that shall be included in the implicit bias training. Provides that the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall adopt rules to implement the Act.
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| | HB3170 | | LRB102 13541 SPS 18888 b |
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1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
5 | | Implicit Bias Training for Health Care Professionals Act.
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6 | | Section 5. Definitions. As used in this Act: |
7 | | "Department" means the Department of Financial and |
8 | | Professional Regulation. |
9 | | "Health care professional" means any individual licensed |
10 | | under the laws of this State to provide health services, |
11 | | including, but not limited to: dentists licensed under the |
12 | | Illinois Dental Practice Act; dental hygienists licensed under |
13 | | the Illinois Dental Practice Act; nurses and advanced practice |
14 | | registered nurses licensed under the Nurse Practice Act; |
15 | | occupational therapists licensed under the Illinois |
16 | | Occupational Therapy Practice Act; optometrists licensed under |
17 | | the Illinois Optometric Practice Act of 1987; pharmacists |
18 | | licensed under the Pharmacy Practice Act; physical therapists |
19 | | licensed under the Illinois Physical Therapy Act; physicians |
20 | | licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987; physician |
21 | | assistants licensed under the Physician Assistant Practice Act |
22 | | of 1987; podiatric physicians licensed under the Podiatric |
23 | | Medical Practice Act of 1987; clinical psychologists licensed |