Bill Status of HB4239  103rd General Assembly

Short Description:  INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN MED ED

House Sponsors
Rep. Mary E. Flowers

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/16/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
110 ILCS 55/1from Ch. 144, par. 54.11


Synopsis As Introduced
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.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  11/28/2023HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Mary E. Flowers
  1/16/2024HouseFirst Reading
  1/16/2024HouseReferred to Rules Committee