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Committee votes to extend Montana healthcare workplace‑violence reporting system
Summary
The House Business and Labor Committee supported removing a sunset on the reporting law passed in 2023 that requires healthcare employers to report violent incidents to the Department of Justice; the department said its portal is running with minimal cost and hospitals are using the data for prevention.
Helena — The House Business and Labor Committee voted to continue Montana’s healthcare workplace‑violence reporting system by voting do‑pass on House Bill 543, a measure to repeal a sunset on the 2023 law that requires healthcare employers to document and report violent incidents to the Department of Justice.
Representative Ed Buttrey, sponsor of HB 543, said the 2023 law created a reporting framework the Department of Justice built into an online portal and that the department’s early work has produced a year of usable data.…
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