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Committee votes to implement recommendations requiring more consistent hospital workplace‑violence reporting
Summary
Senate Bill 29 would implement recommendations from the Healthcare Workplace Safety Commission by adding Hampstead Hospital to the commission, requiring New Hampshire Hospital and Hampstead to report incidents like other hospitals, and moving to monthly reporting to the Department of Labor while keeping aggregated reports public.
The Senate Executive Departments and Administration Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 29, which implements recommendations from the Healthcare Workplace Safety Commission to improve reporting and transparency on workplace violence in health care facilities.
Senator Cindy Rosenwald, the bill’s sponsor, said the commission’s first report—compiled under a 2022 law—showed nearly 3,000 reported incidents of…
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