3.0.0 2408 2023-01-11T13:32:21Z 2023-01-11T13:32:21Z Senate S 2015-12-16 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-12-16T23:11:53Z Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 114 4266 HR 2016-03-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Related bill CRS 2015-12-16 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-12-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2016-02-29 False Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Department of Labor Employment discrimination and employee rights Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health technology, devices, supplies Labor-management relations Medicaid Medicare Musculoskeletal and skin diseases Nursing Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2015-12-16 Introduced in Senate 2016-01-21T17:50:30Z Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015

This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a standard on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for health care workers. The standard must require the use of engineering and safety controls to handle patients.

The standard must require health care employers to: (1) develop and implement a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention program; (2) train their workers on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention; and (3) post a notice that explains the standard, procedures to report patient handling-related injuries, and workers' rights under this Act. Labor must conduct unscheduled inspections to ensure compliance with the standard.

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply the standard to hospitals receiving Medicare funds.

]]> Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 Display Title Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2408is/xml/BILLS-114s2408is.xml 2015-12-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.