US Congress House Bill 4266 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21)
Status: Introduced on December 16 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a standard on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for health care workers. The standard must require the use of engineering and safety controls to handle patients. The standard must require health care employers to: (1) develop and implement a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention program; (2) train their workers on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention; and (3) post a notice that explains the standard, procedures to report patient handling-related injuries, and workers' rights under this Act. Labor must conduct unscheduled inspections to ensure compliance with the standard. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply the standard to hospitals receiving Medicare funds.

Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015

Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Gwen Graham [D-FL]
Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
2016-01-21	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-12-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2015-12-16	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-12-16	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-12-16	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-12-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the 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.
2015-12-16	House	Introduced in House

SB2408 (Related) 2015-12-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4266/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4266/BILLS-114hr4266ih.pdf