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.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill provides workplace violence prevention standard, requires scope and application In this title: The term covered facility includes the following: Any hospital, including any specialty hospital, in-patient or outpatient setting, or clinic operating within a hospital, and provides requirements for workplace violence prevention standard Each standard described in section 101 shall include, at a minimum, the following requirements: Not later than 6 months after the date of promulgation. It relies on compliance mandates, product standards, appropriations, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Healthcare Consumers, Healthcare, Finance, and Environment.
Who Benefits and How
Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill could face reduced risk, Businesses and employers affected by the bill could gain revenue opportunities, and Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill could face reduced risk.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause would take on compliance duties, Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill would take on compliance duties, and Homeowners, tenants, or housing market participants affected by the bill would take on compliance duties.
Key Provisions
- Provides workplace violence prevention standard.
- Requires scope and application In this title: The term covered facility includes the following: Any hospital, including any specialty hospital, in-patient or outpatient setting, or clinic operating within a hospital...
- Provides requirements for workplace violence prevention standard Each standard described in section 101 shall include, at a minimum, the following requirements: Not later than 6 months after the date of promulgation...
- Provides rules of construction Notwithstanding section 18 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C.
- Defines other definitions In this title: The term workplace violence means any act of violence or threat of violence, without regard to intent, that occurs at a covered facility or while a covered employee performs a...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill provides workplace violence prevention standard, requires scope and application In this title: The term covered facility includes the following: Any hospital, including any specialty hospital, in-patient or outpatient setting, or clinic operating within a hospital, and provides requirements for workplace violence prevention standard Each standard described in section 101 shall include, at a minimum, the following requirements: Not later than 6 months after the date of promulgation.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare Consumers, Healthcare, Finance, Environment
Primary Purpose
The bill provides workplace violence prevention standard, requires scope and application In this title: The term covered facility includes the following: Any hospital, including any specialty hospital, in-patient or outpatient setting, or clinic operating within a hospital, and provides requirements for workplace violence prevention standard Each standard described in section 101 shall include, at a minimum, the following requirements: Not later than 6 months after the date of promulgation.
Policy Domains
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Identified Gains
- Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill
- Businesses and employers affected by the bill
- Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill
- Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities
- Electric utilities and power customers affected by the bill
Identified Costs
- Federal, state, or local agencies responsible for implementing the clause
- Patients and health care consumers affected by the bill
- Homeowners, tenants, or housing market participants affected by the bill
- Environmental and public health interests affected by the bill
- Educational institutions and students affected by the bill
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Baldwin (for herself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Bennet, …
Stakeholder Effects
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Law enforcement, justice-system actors, and affected communities
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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