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This bill amends the existing law regarding workplace violence in healthcare settings in Washington state. The key provisions are: 1. Expanding the definition of "health care setting" to include behavioral health programs and ambulatory surgical facilities. 2. Requiring healthcare settings to develop and implement a plan to prevent and protect employees from violence every three years, with input from a safety or workplace violence committee. The plan must address security considerations, staffing, and employee education and training. 3. Mandating that healthcare settings provide violence prevention training to all applicable employees, volunteers, and contracted security personnel by July 1, 2020, and on a regular basis thereafter. 4. Requiring healthcare settings to keep records of any violent acts against employees, patients, or visitors for at least five years, and making these records available for inspection by the Department of Labor and Industries. 5. Setting an effective date of January 1, 2020 for the bill.

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https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5912&Year=2019&Initiative=false