Tracking CLAS
This map tracks the progress of state-, territory-, and island-led legislative initiatives to require cultural competency training for health professionals.
Click on the states, territories, and islands on the map for the legislative information.
Requires cultural competency training
Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training
Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training
The legislative information is up to date as of December 31, 2023.
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| Location | Activity |
|---|---|
| Alabama | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Alaska | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| American Samoa | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Arizona | Requires cultural competency training |
| Arkansas | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| California | Requires cultural competency training |
| Colorado | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Connecticut | Requires cultural competency training |
| Delaware | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| District of Columbia | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Federated States of Micronesia | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Florida | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Georgia | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Guam | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Hawaii | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Idaho | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Illinois | Requires cultural competency training |
| Indiana | Requires cultural competency training |
| Iowa | Requires cultural competency training |
| Kansas | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Kentucky | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Louisiana | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Maine | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Maryland | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Massachusetts | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Michigan | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Minnesota | Requires cultural competency training |
| Mississippi | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Missouri | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Montana | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Nebraska | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Nevada | Requires cultural competency training |
| New Hampshire | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| New Jersey | Requires cultural competency training |
| New Mexico | Requires cultural competency training |
| New York | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| North Carolina | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| North Dakota | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Ohio | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Oklahoma | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Oregon | Requires cultural competency training |
| Palau | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Pennsylvania | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Puerto Rico | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Rhode Island | Requires cultural competency training |
| South Carolina | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| South Dakota | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Tennessee | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Texas | Requires cultural competency training |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Utah | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Vermont | Requires cultural competency training |
| Virginia | Proposed, but does not have, mandatory cultural competency training |
| Washington | Requires cultural competency training |
| West Virginia | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Wisconsin | Has not proposed mandatory cultural competency training |
| Wyoming | Requires cultural competency training |