OR SB823 | 2019 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on June 17 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-06-17 - Effective date, January 1, 2020.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on June 17 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-06-17 - Effective date, January 1, 2020.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Summary
Requires health care employer to conduct comprehensive security and safety evaluation using state or nationally recognized workplace violence prevention toolkit. Makes it unlawful employment practice for health care employer to retaliate against employee who makes good faith report of assault that occurred on premises of health care provider or in home of patient receiving home health care services.] Requires health care employer to hire security personnel to provide security services, at all times, in emergency care department of hospital.] Requires employer to conduct evaluation by June 30, 2021. Requires employer to report to Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services by December 31, 2021, as to whether employer has conducted evaluation. Requires director to compile report summarizing employer compliance and submit report to committees of Legislative Assembly related to health care by March 22, 2022. Sunsets provisions June 30, 2022. Makes unlawful employment practice for person to discriminate against employee or prospective employee because employee or prospective employee has reported in good faith assault that occurred on premises of health care employer or in home of patient receiving home health care services. Requires health care employer to establish, in coordination with health care employer's workplace safety committee, process by which committee shall review health care employer's assault prevention and protection program. Requires health care employer to generate and make available to public] requesting employee or workplace safety committee annual] report that summarizes information regarding records of] assaults committed against employees and regarding work-related injuries and illnesses. Requires health care employer to submit report to Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services no later than December 31 of each year.] Requires health care employer that has information regarding assault committed by patient on premises of health care employer to include in patient's medical record description of assault and any other information relating to patient's high risk for assaultive behavior.].
Title
Relating to violence against health care employees.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2019-06-03 - House - House Third Reading (Y: 57 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-05-16 - House - House Committee Do Pass the A-Eng bill (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-22 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 23 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-04-08 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass and subsequent referral to Workforce be rescinded (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-05-16 - House - House Committee Do Pass the A-Eng bill (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-22 - Senate - Senate Third Reading (Y: 23 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-04-08 - Senate - Senate Committee Do pass and subsequent referral to Workforce be rescinded (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-17 | Senate | Effective date, January 1, 2020. |
| 2019-06-17 | Senate | Chapter 350, 2019 Laws. |
| 2019-06-11 | Senate | Governor signed. |
| 2019-06-05 | House | Speaker signed. |
| 2019-06-04 | Senate | President signed. |
| 2019-06-03 | House | Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed. Ayes, 57; Excused, 3--Barker, Boles, Clem. |
| 2019-05-30 | House | Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2019 Calendar. |
| 2019-05-29 | House | Carried over to May 30, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment. |
| 2019-05-28 | House | Second reading. |
| 2019-05-23 | House | Recommendation: Do pass. |
| 2019-05-16 | House | Public Hearing and Work Session held. |
| 2019-04-26 | House | Referred to Health Care. |
| 2019-04-23 | House | First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk. |
| 2019-04-22 | Senate | Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed. Ayes, 23; Nays, 4--Baertschiger Jr, Boquist, Girod, Thomsen; Excused, 3--Hansell, Linthicum, Winters. |
| 2019-04-18 | Senate | Second reading. |
| 2019-04-17 | Senate | Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President. |
| 2019-04-17 | Senate | Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Workforce be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.) |
| 2019-04-08 | Senate | Work Session held. |
| 2019-04-03 | Senate | Work Session held. |
| 2019-03-20 | Senate | Public Hearing held. |
| 2019-02-25 | Senate | Referred to Health Care, then Workforce. |
| 2019-02-21 | Senate | Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk. |
