2023-2024 Regular Session • Illinois 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
Democrat