Illinois Senate Bill 1621

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on February 8 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-02 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Health Care Violence Prevention Act. Tasks health care providers with reporting any incident of verbal aggression or physical assault of a health care worker employed by the health care provider in the health care provider's emergency department to the Department of Public Health. Requires the Department to track the information reported to assess each health care provider's progress in systemically limiting the verbal aggression toward and physical assault of health care workers. Requires health care providers to post notice regarding verbal aggression and physical assault of health care workers in each emergency department of the health care provider. Effective immediately.

HEALTH CARE VIOLENCE-ASSAULT

Sen. Jil Tracy [R]

Sen. Dale Fowler [R]

Sen. Neil Anderson [R]

Sen. Sally Turner [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-02	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Sally J. Turner
2023-02-28	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
2023-02-23	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Dale Fowler
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2023-02-08	Senate	First Reading
2023-02-08	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jil Tracy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
210	160	15	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1621&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB1621.htm