2023-2024 Regular SessionIllinois Legislature

HB4239: INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN MED ED

Legislative Summary

Amends the Medical School Curriculum Act. Provides that, for medical students who, on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, matriculate into a medical school that is subject to the Act, the minimum required curriculum shall also include a medical humanities course that covers, among other things, the effects of institutional racism on medical education, medical research, and medical care in the United States. Effective immediately.

Bill History

11/28/2023
Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
House of Representatives
1/16/2024
First Reading
House of Representatives
1/16/2024
Referred to Rules Committee
House of Representatives

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(11/28/2023)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Rules(House of Representatives)

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Mary Flowers
Mary Flowers
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text11/28/20236.8 KB