HB1649
Board of Medicine; continuing education; unconscious bias and cultural competency.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: Communicated to Governor
Chief Patron:
Cliff Hayes (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 SB 740. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/03/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102272D
- 01/03/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/13/2025 - House: Assigned sub: Health Professions
- 01/15/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/16/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/20/2025 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/20/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1649)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (13-Y 8-N)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/24/2025 - House: Passed by for the day
- 01/27/2025 - House: Passed by for the day
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/29/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 45-N) Close Floor Vote
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/30/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/06/2025 - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (10-Y 3-N)
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/07/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 14-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/12/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 02/12/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1649ER)
- 02/12/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/14/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1649)
- 02/15/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 02/18/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 18, 2025
- 02/18/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - Governor's recommendation received by House
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's substitute printed (HB1649H1)
- 04/02/2025 - House: Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 04/02/2025 - House: Communicated to Governor
