Improving Tribal Cultural Training for Providers Act of 2024
HR 8942 (Improving Tribal Cultural Training for Providers Act of 2024) mandates an annual cultural competency training program for healthcare staff working at Indian Health Service facilities. It directly affects employees, locum tenens medical providers, health care volunteers, and contracted staff with regular direct patient access at these facilities. The bill requires all such personnel to complete this training annually as a condition of employment, beginning on the bill's enactment date. This replaces the previous non-mandatory program with a mandatory annual requirement for a broader group of healthcare providers.
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Introduction
Jul 2024
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Introduced Jul 8, 2024
Last action Jul 24, 2024
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Jul 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee Hearings Held
lower
Jul 17, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
lower
Jul 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
lower
Jul 8, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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