Bill > H1976

This bill aims to require health care facilities to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence. The key provisions are: 1. The Department of Public Health will develop statewide standards for evaluating and addressing security risks at health care facilities, which must be followed by each facility. 2. Health care facilities must develop and implement a program to minimize the danger of workplace violence to employees, including appropriate employee training and a system for reporting and monitoring incidents. 3. Health care facilities must designate a senior manager responsible for developing an in-house crisis response team to support employee-victims of workplace violence. 4. The bill enhances the penalties for assaults on emergency medical technicians, ambulance operators, and health care providers. 5. Health care facilities must report incidents of assault and assault and battery to the Department of Public Health and the Office of the District Attorney, and the Department will publish an annual public report. 6. The bill also provides unpaid leave and job protections for employees who are victims of assault or assault and battery in the line of duty. 7. The bill requires coordination between the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security to allow healthcare providers to access and integrate certain public safety and law enforcement data for treatment and diagnostic purposes.

Health and Social Services, Justice

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1976