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House Bill 2450 was sponsored by state Rep. Dagmara Avelar and
requires health care workers in the state to receive one hour of
racial competency training as part of their continuing
education.
State Rep. Bill Hauter, R-Morton, a former medical doctor, told
The Center Square that racial competency is something those in
the health-care profession take seriously and have for some
time.
"We
get cultural competency. We understand it. We take it in medical
school. We do it in residency. We take classes on it in our
continued medical education for our specialty boards," Hauter
said. "So it is not something that we do not understand, and we
don't think it's important. It is just we do so much of it."
State Rep. Brad Halbrook, R-Shelbyville, also pushed back on the
requirement and questioned who would be providing the training
to the workers.
"The first question I have is, what is the content of the
continuing education material? Who will develop it? Will it be
written by the AMA or another reputable science-based
organization? Why didn't we see the content of the training
before voting on it," Halbrook said. "History tells us every
time we vote on these mandates before we see the curriculum, all
we get in return is a woke ideological indoctrination for our
teachers, children, and now our medical professionals. It never
ends well.
The requirements will go into effect starting in January 2025.
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