Bill Text: CA AB1407 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Nurses: implicit bias courses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-01 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 445, Statutes of 2021. [AB1407 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1407-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
June 15, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 18, 2021 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Burke (Principal coauthor: Senator Bradford) |
February 19, 2021 |
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
(a)An approved school of nursing, or an approved nursing program, shall include in its curriculum implicit bias coursework which shall include all of the following:
(1)Identification of previous or current unconscious biases and misinformation.
(2)Identification of personal, interpersonal, institutional, structural, and cultural barriers to inclusion.
(3)Corrective measures to decrease implicit bias at the interpersonal and institutional levels, including ongoing policies and practices for that purpose.
(4)Information on the effects, including,
but not limited to, ongoing personal effects, of historical and contemporary exclusion and oppression of minority communities.
(5)Information about cultural identity across racial or ethnic groups.
(6)Information about communicating more effectively across identities, including racial, ethnic, religious, and gender identities.
(7)Discussion on power dynamics and organizational decisionmaking.
(8)Discussion on health inequities within the perinatal care field, including information on how implicit bias impacts maternal and infant health outcomes.
(9)Perspectives of diverse, local constituency groups and experts on particular racial, identity, cultural, and provider-community relations
issues in the community.
(10)Information on reproductive justice.
(b)The board shall update subdivision (d) of Section 1426 of Title 16 of the California Code of Regulations in accordance with subdivision (a).