Bill to address health care workplace violence introduced in Congress
United States Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) has introduced a bill that would require OSHA to issue a workplace violence prevention standard for the health care industry.
The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, H.R. 7141, directs OSHA to issue a standard requiring health care and social service employers to write and implement a workplace violence prevention plan to protect employees such as nurses, physicians, emergency responders, medical assistants, and social service workers from violent incidents.