HB 783 Maryland House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Health Occupations - Implicit Bias and Structural Racism Training

HB 783 requires health professionals renewing certain licenses (such as physicians, nurses, and social workers) to complete training on both implicit bias and structural racism as part of their first license renewal after April 1, 2026. The training must be approved by Maryland's Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Professional Competency Program, replacing prior requirements that only mandated implicit bias training. This change updates Maryland law to explicitly include structural racism - a system of institutional inequalities based on race - in the training standards for health occupation licenses. The bill applies to license renewals under the Health Occupations Article and amends related sections of Maryland's code to reflect this new requirement.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Apr 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Signed May 13, 2025

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First - Health Occupations - Structural Racism Training → Third - Health Occupations - Implicit Bias and Structural Racism Training · 5 edits

MODERATE

This bill was expanded from its initial version to include additional sponsors and was renamed to emphasize both implicit bias and structural racism training. The definition of structural racism was significantly broadened to include systemic issues across multiple societal sectors, and the training program approval process now includes pharmacy education accreditation in addition to medical education accreditation.

Scope change

The bill's scope was expanded to include more sponsors and the definition of structural racism was broadened to encompass systemic discrimination across housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care, and criminal justice systems.

ELIGIBILITY

Additional sponsors were added to the bill, expanding the coalition of legislators supporting the legislation.

DEFINITION

The definition of structural racism was expanded to include the totality of ways societies foster racial discrimination through mutually reinforcing systems across housing, education, employment, earnings, benefits, credit, media, health care, and criminal justice.

REQUIREMENT

The Cultural and Linguistic Health Care Professional Competency Program is now authorized to approve continuing education credits for implicit bias and structural racism training programs, allowing applicants to receive credit for completing these programs.

The Program may now approve training programs recognized by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education in addition to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

The bill title and purpose were updated to reflect both implicit bias and structural racism training rather than just structural racism training.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 21, 2025 · House of Delegates Mar 1, 2025

How they voted

28–13

Passed · 5 other

Total votes 46

Mar 21, 2025

D Democratic33

28 Yea 5

84% Yea

R Republican13

13 Nay

100% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 13, 2025

Signed into law

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 478

executive

Apr 7, 2025

Lower · Passed

Returned Passed

lower

Apr 5, 2025

Upper · Passed

Third Reading Passed

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable Adopted

upper

Apr 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Favorable Report by Finance

upper

Mar 21, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (28-13-5)

senate

Mar 12, 2025

Committee

Referred Finance

upper

Mar 12, 2025

Lower · Passed

Third Reading Passed

lower

Mar 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments {

lower

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

Favorable with Amendments Report by Health and Government Operations

lower

Mar 1, 2025

House Of Delegates · Passed

House of Delegates Vote: pass (99-37-3)

house of delegates

Jan 29, 2025

Committee

First Reading Health and Government Operations

lower

17 primary · 0 co-sponsors