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Committee hears bill to tighten workplace‑violence reviews in health care settings
Summary
HB 1162 would require health care settings to investigate every workplace‑violence incident, report findings quarterly (or twice yearly for critical access hospitals), and update prevention plans annually. Nurses’ groups and hospitals largely agreed on the need; hospitals asked for clarifications about de‑identification and phased implementation.
The House Labor & Workplace Standards Committee received testimony on House Bill 1162, which would expand requirements for workplace‑violence prevention plans in specified health care settings and require more frequent investigations, reporting, and updates to safety plans.
Staff briefed the committee that the bill—focused on hospitals, hospice and home‑care agencies, evaluation and treatment facilities, and community mental health agencies—would require a timely investigation of every workplace‑violence incident, an assessment of contributing factors, quarterly reports to safety or workplace violence committees (twice yearly for critical access hospitals), and annual updates to…
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