To require each professional health regulatory authority to provide continuing education training in multicultural health. Each health professional regulatory authority will consult with a knowledgeable entity within a state institution of higher education specializing in health disparities and multicultural care or with the department of health in the development of these rules. See companion HB 3050.   Official Text and Analysis.

To remove the term "course" and change the term to "instruction" to allow the education process to include parts of existing courses or as a separate course entirely. S AMD 41.

To require each professional health regulatory authority to provide continuing education training in multicultural health.

By the House Health Care Committee, to require the Department to establish an ongoing multicultural health awareness and education program and permit disciplining authorities that may establish continuing education programs to provide multicultural health care training. Education programs that train individuals to practice a health profession are required to incorporate multicultural health into their basic education preparation curriculum. "Multicultural health" is defined as the provision of health care services with consideration to the causes of health disparities between genders and racial and ethnic populations.

To allow disciplining authorities to require continuing education instructors to integrate multicultural health into their curricula as appropriate to the subject matter. H AMD 1037.

To concur in House amendments, for final passage of the bill.