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Introduced
04/01/2025
04/01/2025
In Committee
04/01/2025
04/01/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
Introduced Session
119th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL 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.
AI Summary
This bill directs the Secretary of Labor to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention standard for health care and social service workers. The legislation requires covered employers in these sectors to create a detailed written workplace violence prevention plan within 6 months of the standard's issuance. The plan must be developed with meaningful employee participation and include specific procedures for identifying workplace violence risks, implementing hazard prevention controls, reporting and investigating incidents, providing employee training, maintaining incident logs, and protecting employees from retaliation. The bill defines different types of workplace violence, ranging from incidents involving strangers to those involving patients, coworkers, or individuals with personal relationships to employees. Covered facilities include hospitals, nursing homes, clinics, residential treatment centers, and other health and social service settings. The Secretary of Labor must issue an interim standard within one year and a final standard within two years, with the goal of protecting health care and social service workers from potential violence by requiring employers to proactively assess and mitigate risks. Additionally, the bill amends the Social Security Act to ensure that hospitals and skilled nursing facilities receiving Medicare funds also comply with these workplace violence prevention standards.
Committee Categories
Education
Sponsors (99)
Joe Courtney (D)*,
Alma Adams (D),
Yassamin Ansari (D),
Don Bacon (R),
Becca Balint (D),
Joyce Beatty (D),
Suzanne Bonamici (D),
Julia Brownley (D),
Nikki Budzinski (D),
Troy Carter (D),
Greg Casar (D),
Sean Casten (D),
Kathy Castor (D),
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D),
Judy Chu (D),
Yvette Clarke (D),
Emanuel Cleaver (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Angie Craig (D),
Sharice Davids (D),
Don Davis (D),
Suzan DelBene (D),
Mark DeSaulnier (D),
Debbie Dingell (D),
Lloyd Doggett (D),
Sarah Elfreth (D),
Dwight Evans (D),
Teresa Fernandez (D),
Brian Fitzpatrick (R),
Lizzie Fletcher (D),
Bill Foster (D),
Valerie Foushee (D),
Laura Friedman (D),
Maxwell Frost (D),
John Garamendi (D),
Jared Golden (D),
Dan Goldman (D),
Vicente Gonzalez (D),
Josh Gottheimer (D),
Josh Harder (D),
Jahana Hayes (D),
Chrissy Houlahan (D),
Glenn Ivey (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Robin Kelly (D),
Timothy Kennedy (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
John Larson (D),
Summer Lee (D),
Mike Levin (D),
Zoe Lofgren (D),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Seth Magaziner (D),
Lucy McBath (D),
Sarah McBride (D),
April McClain-Delaney (D),
Jenn McClellan (D),
Betty McCollum (D),
Kristen McDonald Rivet (D),
LaMonica McIver (D),
Rob Menendez (D),
Kweisi Mfume (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
Joe Morelle (D),
Seth Moulton (D),
Frank Mrvan (D),
Kevin Mullin (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),
Ilhan Omar (D),
Jimmy Panetta (D),
Chris Pappas (D),
Scott Peters (D),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Mark Pocan (D),
Ayanna Pressley (D),
Mike Quigley (D),
Delia Ramirez (D),
Emily Randall (D),
Pat Ryan (D),
Linda Sánchez (D),
Brad Schneider (D),
Hillary Scholten (D),
Bobby Scott (D),
Terri Sewell (D),
Brad Sherman (D),
Mikie Sherrill (D),
Lateefah Simon (D),
Melanie Stansbury (D),
Haley Stevens (D),
Shri Thanedar (D),
Mike Thompson (D),
Rashida Tlaib (D),
Jill Tokuda (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Lauren Underwood (D),
Marc Veasey (D),
Eugene Vindman (D),
Maxine Waters (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. (on 04/01/2025)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2531/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr2531/BILLS-119hr2531ih.pdf |
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