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Idaho · Through 2026 Legislative Session

Idaho Code § 56-2604: prohibited acts.

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  1. TITLE 56 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE
  2. CHAPTER 25 [26] MERIT-BASED HEALTH CARE ACT

(1) With respect to employment, policies, training, or communications, a health care provider shall not:

(a) Engage in discriminatory hiring or prohibited DEI conduct;

(b) Adopt or implement internal policies or trainings that constitute prohibited DEI conduct; or

(c) Use state funds, including medicaid reimbursements, for any public-facing communication that promotes prohibited DEI conduct.

(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit:

(a) Compliance with title VI of the civil rights act of 1964 or other applicable federal civil rights laws;

(b) Collection of demographic data for legitimate clinical care, quality reporting, or public health purposes;

(c) Patient-specific medical discussions related to biological, genetic, or epidemiological risk factors;

(d) Non-ideological training required for clinical competency, licensure, accreditation, or federal program compliance; or

(e) Workforce training, quality improvement initiatives, or disparity-reduction programs required or encouraged by federal law, centers for medicare and medicaid services guidance, or accreditation bodies.

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