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Senate Health & Welfare reviews law requiring hospital workplace‑violence plans and reporting

Senate Health & Welfare Committee · January 10, 2026
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Summary

The committee reviewed Act 9 (H259), which requires hospitals to perform security risk assessments, implement workplace‑violence prevention plans, adopt incident reporting systems, and report related costs to be considered in hospital budget reviews.

The Senate Health & Welfare committee reviewed Act 9 (H259), which Speaker 2 said “requires hospitals to implement security plans for preventing workplace violence” and to use a workplace‑violence incident reporting system “to document, track, and analyze” incidents and emerging patterns.

Speaker 2 described several requirements in the act:…

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