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Committee advances Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention Act after debate over enforcement and impact
Summary
House Bill 926 would require health-care facilities to form workplace-violence prevention committees, create prevention plans, protect reporters from retaliation and give the Department of Labor and Industry enforcement powers; an amendment to expand record retention failed and the bill passed on a recorded vote.
The House Labor & Industry Committee on March 25 reported House Bill 926 out of committee after debate over whether the measure would prevent high-profile attacks and discussion of the Department of Labor and Industry's enforcement powers.
Sponsor Representative Krueger framed the bill as Pennsylvania's first healthcare workplace-violence prevention statute and cited recent incidents in the state, including the Feb. 22, 2025, shooting at UPMC Memorial Hospital in York and a June attack on an EMT at Crozer Chester Medical Center. "These are only 2 of the many stories that are before us today," Krueger said, and she cited federal statistics and a 2024 member survey showing rising reports of workplace violence.
House Bill 926 would require health…
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