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This bill amends the Health Care Violence Prevention Act to enhance protections for health care workers in emergency departments by requiring health care providers to report all incidents of verbal aggression and physical assault against their employees to the Department of Public Health. The bill mandates that the Department track these reported incidents to assess each health care provider's progress in systematically reducing workplace violence. Health care providers will now be required to display notices in their emergency departments that clearly state verbal aggression will not be tolerated and physical assault will be reported to law enforcement. The bill maintains existing provisions that prohibit management from discouraging health care workers from reporting workplace violence and requires providers to offer immediate post-incident services, including acute treatment and psychological evaluation, for workers directly involved in violent incidents. By creating more robust reporting and tracking mechanisms, the bill aims to increase accountability and potentially reduce violence against health care workers in emergency settings.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1285&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=114&GA=104