Date	Chamber	Action
1/13/2009	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

110 ILCS 55/3 new

225 ILCS 60/19

from Ch. 111, par. 4400-19

225 ILCS 60/20

from Ch. 111, par. 4400-20

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Medical School Curriculum Act. Provides that the curriculum in each medical school operated in this State must include instruction in cultural competency designed to address the problem of race-based and gender-based disparities in medical treatment decisions. Requires a medical school that includes such instruction in its curricula to offer, for continuing education credit, cultural competency training that is provided through classroom instruction, workshops, or other educational programs sponsored by the school and that meets continuing education criteria established by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation under the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Requires an applicant for licensure under the Act who is licensed in another jurisdiction to have completed cultural competency training consistent with that required under the Medical School Curriculum Act. Provides that continuing education requirements for persons licensed under the Act who did not receive instruction in cultural competency must include the completion of cultural competency training during the first renewal cycle immediately following the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/8/2007	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mattie Hunter
2/8/2007	Senate	First Reading
2/8/2007	Senate	Referred to Rules
2/21/2007	Senate	Assigned to Licensed Activities
3/2/2007	Senate	Postponed - Licensed Activities
3/12/2007	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins
3/15/2007	Senate	Held in Licensed Activities
3/16/2007	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Rules
1/13/2009	Senate	Session Sine Die

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