Bill > HB2538

This bill amends Arizona law to enhance protections for healthcare workers against workplace violence. Key provisions include: - Requiring healthcare employers to develop and implement a written workplace violence prevention plan, including procedures for reporting, responding to, and investigating incidents, as well as employee training and non-retaliation policies. - Defining "healthcare worker" to include those employed or contracted at licensed healthcare institutions, as well as those providing certain emergency and home-based services. - Increasing the classification of certain aggravated assaults against healthcare workers from a class 6 to a class 5 felony if the assault involves physical injury. - Requiring healthcare employers to conspicuously post signage warning that assaults on healthcare workers may be prosecuted as felonies. The bill aims to address the growing issue of workplace violence faced by healthcare workers in Arizona by mandating prevention measures and stronger legal consequences for perpetrators.

Health and Social Services, Justice

https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73240