3.0.0 851 2022-11-01T18:02:33Z 2022-11-05T19:31:49Z Senate S 2019-03-14 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-14T21:08:59Z Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act 116 1309 HR 2019-11-21 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2019-03-14 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-03-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-03-14 True S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2019-03-14 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2019-03-14 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-03-14 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-03-14 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2019-03-27 False H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2019-03-27 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2019-03-27 False C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2019-04-04 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2019-05-02 False V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2019-05-08 False M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2019-05-13 False T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2019-05-14 False P000595 Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] Gary Peters D MI 2019-05-22 False B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2019-05-22 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2019-05-23 False J000300 Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL] Doug Jones D AL 2019-06-04 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2019-06-24 False H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2019-06-24 False M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-06-24 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2019-06-27 False C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2019-09-09 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2019-09-09 False S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2019-09-12 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2019-10-24 False H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-10-30 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2019-11-06 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2019-11-06 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2019-11-06 False D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2019-12-03 False B001267 Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] Michael Bennet D CO 2020-01-06 False Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Assault and harassment offenses Business records Department of Labor Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment discrimination and employee rights Firearms and explosives Government information and archives Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Home and outpatient care Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Violent crime Worker safety and health Labor and Employment 00 2019-03-14 Introduced in Senate 2019-04-25T15:04:00Z Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

This bill requires the Department of Labor to address workplace violence in the health care and social service sectors. Specifically, Labor must promulgate an occupational safety and health standard that requires certain employers in the health care and social service sectors, as well as employers in sectors that conduct activities similar to the activities in the health care and social service sectors, to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for protecting health care workers, social service workers, and other personnel from workplace violence.

In addition, those employers must

  • investigate workplace violence incidents, risks, or hazards as soon as practicable;
  • provide training and education to employees who may be exposed to workplace violence hazards and risks;
  • meet record keeping requirements; and
  • prohibit acts of discrimination or retaliation against employees for reporting workplace violence incidents, threats, or concerns.
]]> Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act Display Title Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s851is/xml/BILLS-116s851is.xml 2019-03-14 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.