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Senate committee hears testimony on SB166 to develop workplace-violence metrics for hospitals
Summary
Senators heard broad support and amendment suggestions for Senate Bill 166, which would convene stakeholders to develop workplace-violence quality metrics for Colorado hospitals and explore using hospital quality incentives to encourage prevention policies.
Senator Robert Mullica presented Senate Bill 166 to the Senate Health & Human Services Committee and the panel heard testimony from hospital systems, nursing organizations and consumer advocates in support of the bill’s two‑step approach to reducing workplace violence in health care settings.
SB166 would ask the state’s hospital quality incentive payment (HQIP) process and a stakeholder group to develop recommended metrics and strategies to reduce workplace violence and to determine whether federal or other funding could be used to incentivize hospital prevention policies. Proponents described the proposal as a “carrot”‑based strategy that would reward hospitals that adopt effective prevention policies rather than immediately increasing criminal penalties.
Senator Mullica said the bill aims first to add a workplace‑violence…
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