Bill Title: Requires cultural awareness and competence training for all medical professionals as part of their licensing requirements; requires biennial training in the non-discriminatory provision of medical services for physicians, physician assistants, dentists, dental hygienists, registered and licensed practical nurses, podiatrists, and optometrists; authorizes the department of education to develop the training in consultation with the department of health and other experts; provides for documentation and exemption from the requirements; provides for a public education program on minority health; appropriates $100,000 therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-07 - print number 6679a [A06679 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Marcos Crespo [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-085	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Luis Sepulveda [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Carmen Arroyo [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-084	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Francisco Moya [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Felix Ortiz [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-051	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Philip Ramos [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-006	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Jose Rivera [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-078	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Robert Rodriguez [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-068	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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