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Committee accepts amendment to H.259 on hospital workplace violence plans; amendment clarifies legal limits and capital‑investment language
Summary
A legislative committee accepted an amendment to H.259 that adds a "to the extent permitted under state and federal law" qualification and clarifies that the security‑plan section "shall not require" hospitals to make capital investments; committee members debated enforcement and the role of capital improvements.
Legislative counsel and committee members debated an amendment to H.259, a bill to require uniform workplace‑violence prevention plans in hospitals. The committee accepted the amendment by a straw poll vote reported as 10 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 abstention.
Katie MacLeod, legislative counsel, read the amendment’s changes, saying the first insertion modifies the security‑plan language so that the requirement that a hospital employee trained in trauma‑informed care serve as a law‑enforcement liaison would apply "to the extent permitted under state and federal law." MacLeod told the committee this change responded to concerns raised in the judiciary committee about potential conflicts with prior legislation.
MacLeod also described a second alteration that…
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