HF 466 (LSB 2243YH (4) 89)

HOUSE FILE 466

BY  MASCHER, STAED, WINCKLER, and BOHANNAN

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring implicit bias training for health-related professionals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 147.3, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   147.3  Qualifications.
   1.  An applicant for a license to practice a profession under this subtitle is not ineligible because of age, citizenship, sex, race, religion, marital status, or national origin, although the application form may require citizenship information. 
   2.  An applicant for a license to practice a profession under this subtitle is not eligible to receive a license until the applicant has completed a course of implicit bias training approved by the appropriate licensing board or is able to satisfy the appropriate licensing board that the applicant received implicit bias training substantially similar to a course of implicit bias training approved by the appropriate licensing board.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires implicit bias training as a condition of licensure for health-related professionals.
   The bill provides that an applicant for a license to practice a profession listed under Code section 147.13 is not eligible to receive a license until the applicant has completed a course of implicit bias training approved by the applicant’s respective licensing board or the applicant is able to satisfy the applicant’s respective board that the applicant received implicit bias training substantially similar to a course of implicit bias training approved by the applicant’s respective board.