Over 75 percent of the 25,000 workplace assaults reported annually in the United States took place in hospitals and other health care and social services settings, according to data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
If signed into the law, the bill would provide employers one year to develop a provisional plan for protecting health care workers, and 42 months to develop and implement a final plan for investigating incidents of violence, educating staff on risk management, meeting specific recording requirements, and creating a safe space for health care workers to report acts of violence or threats.
The measure followed rising attention to the dangers many health professionals face just by showing up at work. Over 75 percent of the 25,000 workplace assaults reported annually in the United States took place in hospitals and other health care and social services settings, according to data from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration .
"Workplace violence against nurses has been going on for decades," Michelle Mahon, the nursing practice representative for National Nurses United told the journal."It makes sense because the health care setting and the [emergency department] specifically is a very emotionally volatile experience for people. Patients are at their worst, they're feeling horrible, they're ill, they're frightened and vulnerable.
The upper chamber referred the bill to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions following the Friday vote.
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