Indiana House Bill 1065 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2022 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2022-01-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
Pending: House Public Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Cultural awareness and competence training. Provides that the state health data center (center) shall maintain statistics concerning race and ethnicity, sex, primary language, and disability status. (Under current law, the center is required to maintain statistics concerning gender and ethnicity.) Requires the center to adopt and implement the data collection standards established by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Provides that a health care professional and a community health worker must complete two hours of cultural awareness and competence training every two years. Establishes certain requirements for the training. Provides that the state department of health may grant an exemption from the training requirements under certain circumstances.

Cultural awareness and competence training.

Rep. Robin Shackleford [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-01-04	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
2022-01-04	House	Authored by Representative Shackleford

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1065/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/9/9/a/299a3888/HB1065.01.INTR.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/c/e/d/7ced77a8/HB1065.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/6/d/6/c6d6e7b4/HB1065.01.INTR.FN002.pdf