Kentucky House Bill 176 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Passed on March 24 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-24 - signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 100)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 216 to define terms; obligate the cabinet for Health and Family Services to develop guidelines for health facilities conducting workplace safety assessments and creating a workplace safety plan; require the cabinet to audit health facilities for compliance; require health facilities to create a workplace safety assessment and a workplace safety plan; obligate health facilities to provide trainings on the workplace safety assessment and plan; obligate health facilities to develop internal reporting requirements for incidents of workplace violence; create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to prohibit discrimination against a health care worker that reports an incident of workplace violence.

AN ACT relating to health care workplace safety.

Rep. Jason Nemes [R]	Rep. Jared Bauman [R]	Rep. Beverly Chester-Burton [D]	Rep. Daniel Elliott [R]
Rep. Wade Williams [R]

2023-03-15 - Senate - Senate: Third Reading RSN# 2649 (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-03-08 - House - House: Third Reading RCS# 181 (Y: 91 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-24	House	signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 100)
2023-03-16	House	delivered to Governor
2023-03-16	House	enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
2023-03-16	House	enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
2023-03-15	House	received in House
2023-03-15	Senate	3rd reading, passed 36 -0
2023-03-15	Senate	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Wednesday, March 15, 2023
2023-03-15	Senate	reported favorably, to Rules as a consent bill
2023-03-14	Senate	returned to Health Services (S)
2023-03-14	Senate	2nd reading
2023-03-14	Senate	taken from Health Services (S)
2023-03-13	Senate	to Health Services (S)
2023-03-13	Senate	returned to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-03-13	Senate	1st reading
2023-03-13	Senate	taken from Committee on Committees (S)
2023-03-09	Senate	to Committee on Committees (S)
2023-03-09	Senate	received in Senate
2023-03-08	House	3rd reading, passed 91-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
2023-03-07	House	placed in the Regular Orders of the Day
2023-03-07	House	taken from the Consent Orders of the Day
2023-03-03	House	posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Tuesday, March 07, 2023
2023-03-03	House	2nd reading, to Rules
2023-03-02	House	reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
2023-02-21	House	to Health Services (H)
2023-02-07	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2023-02-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb176.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb176/orig_bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/hb176/bill.pdf
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/23RS/documents/0100.pdf
Amendment	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/23RS/HB176/HCS1.pdf
Roll Call	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/23RS/hb176/vote_history.pdf