prohibited acts

TITLE 56 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE CHAPTER 25 [26] MERIT-BASED HEALTH CARE ACT 56-2504 [56-2604]. prohibited acts. (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.