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89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026

HF 466: Requiring implicit bias training for health-related professionals

Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill requires implicit bias training as a condition of licensure for health-related professionals. The bill provides that an applicant for a license to practice a profession listed under Code section 147.13 is not eligible to receive a license until the applicant has completed a course of implicit bias training approved by the applicant’s respective licensing board or the applicant is able to satisfy the applicant’s respective board that the applicant received implicit bias training substantially similar to a course of implicit bias training approved by the applicant’s respective board.

Sponsors

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Cost

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In plain words

  1. February 10, 2021Filed in the House and sent to the State Government committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF466