Joanne Osborne Co-Sponsored (Introduced) this Legislation.
Title: Establishes Workplace Violence Protections for Hospital Staff
Vote to pass a bill that establishes workplace violence protections for hospital staff.
Defines “health care worker” as the following, including (Sec. 1):
An individual who is employed or contracted to work at a licensed health care institution;
An individual who is employed or contracted to work at a licensed health care or related services in a fieldwork setting, including:
Home health care, home-based hospice, and home-based social work; or
Any emergency services and transport, including services provided by firefighters and emergency responders.
Requires that healthcare employers within 6 months of this bill's passage develop, implement, and maintain a written workplace violence prevention plan that does all of the following (Sec. 2):
Include components that are specifically tailored to the conditions and hazards of the healthcare employer’s sites and patient-specific risk factors;
Identify the individual who is responsible for implementing and overseeing the plan;
Require the conspicuous posting of signs notifying that assault on a healthcare worker may be prosecuted as a felony in public areas throughout the healthcare employers sites, including for all emergency facilities; and
Include reports on incident response and post-incident investigation procedures for:
Healthcare employers reporting workplace violence risks, hazards, and incidents; and
Healthcare employers responding to reports of workplace violence.
Include procedures for emergency response and incidents involving a firearm or dangerous weapon; and
Require healthcare employees to provide information to healthcare workers about the workers’ ability to report any assault to law enforcement.
Requires healthcare employers to make its workplace violence prevention plan available at all times to healthcare workers and contractors (Sec. 2).
Title: Establishes Workplace Violence Protections for Hospital Staff