{"data":{"id":"us-id/idaho-code-56-2604","jurisdiction":"us-id","citation":"Idaho Code § 56-2604","heading":"prohibited acts.","body":"(1) With respect to employment, policies, training, or communications, a health care provider shall not:\n(a) Engage in discriminatory hiring or prohibited DEI conduct;\n(b) Adopt or implement internal policies or trainings that constitute prohibited DEI conduct; or\n(c) Use state funds, including medicaid reimbursements, for any public-facing communication that promotes prohibited DEI conduct.\n(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit:\n(a) Compliance with title VI of the civil rights act of 1964 or other applicable federal civil rights laws;\n(b) Collection of demographic data for legitimate clinical care, quality reporting, or public health purposes;\n(c) Patient-specific medical discussions related to biological, genetic, or epidemiological risk factors;\n(d) Non-ideological training required for clinical competency, licensure, accreditation, or federal program compliance; or\n(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.","path":["TITLE 56 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE","CHAPTER 25 [26] MERIT-BASED HEALTH CARE ACT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title56/t56ch26/sect56-2604/","current_through":"2026 Legislative Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T14:19:34Z","sha256":"605d185c74ad04d30c569172597e78d32eae8e0bcfd30f3c4810657bd159be02","source_id":"us-id","stale":false,"prev":"us-id/idaho-code-56-2603","next":"us-id/idaho-code-56-2605"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}