SB740
Medicine, Board of; continuing education, unconscious bias and cultural competency.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (17-Y 23-N)
Chief Patron:
Mamie Locke (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency.
Directs the Board of Medicine to require unconscious bias and cultural competency training as part of the continuing education requirements for renewal of licensure. The bill specifies requirements for the training and requires the Board of Medicine to report the number of licensees who have successfully completed such training to ... (More) the Department of Health and the Virginia Neonatal Perinatal Collaborative. This bill is identical to HB 1649. (Less)-
Bill History
- 09/25/2024 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100134D
- 09/25/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/17/2025 - Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health Professions
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 4-N)
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate
- 01/28/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 14-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/03/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/06/2025 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (14-Y 8-N)
- 02/10/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/11/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/11/2025 - House: Passed House (50-Y 44-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB740ER)
- 02/13/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB740)
- 02/16/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025
- 02/20/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 03/24/2025 - Senate: Governor's substitute printed (SB740S1)
- 03/25/2025 - Governor's Recommendation
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (17-Y 23-N) Close Floor Vote
