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Health Care Employers Get Ready: Virginia Mandates New Workplace Violence Incidents Reporting System Obligations

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Virginia Governor Youngkin signed House Bill 2269 and Senate Bill 1260 into law on March 24, 2025.  These identical bills amend Virginia Code § 32.1-127, which regulates medical care facilities and services. Effective July 1,...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Oregon Workplace Violence Prevention and Protection Bill: Would SB 537 Cause More Pain Than It Alleviates?

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The Oregon Senate is considering a bill that would impose new and expanded workplace violence prevention, response, and reporting obligations upon hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, home health agencies, and home hospice...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

New Era for Workplace Violence Reporting in Virginia: Healthcare Employers Must Act Now

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Beginning July 1, 2025, healthcare employers in Virginia will be required to create workplace violence prevention plans or reporting systems. Employers must document, track, and analyze incidents of workplace violence and...more

Epstein Becker & Green

States Fill Gaps in Hospital Workplace Violence Laws—Requiring Law Enforcement Officers, Weapons Detection Screening Policies in...

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While we wait for long-anticipated federal regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) addressing the issue of workplace violence in health care, activity continues at the state level....more

Pullman & Comley - Connecticut Health Law

New Connecticut Health Care Laws Effective October 1

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The 2024 legislative session of the Connecticut General Assembly produced a number of new statutory provisions impacting the operations of hospitals, physician groups and other health care providers. To alert the health care...more

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Cal/OSHA Adopts First in the Nation Standard on Workplace Violence Prevention for Healthcare Employers

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National research indicates that health care workers are at a substantially higher risk of workplace violence than the average worker in another industry. According to the federal Occupational Safety and Health...more

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OSHA Concentrates its Health Care Facility Inspections on Key Areas, but Specific Requirements Remain Elusive

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On June 25, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a press release outlining its focus areas for health care facility inspections. Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs),...more

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Judge Affirms OSHA Citation in Death of Healthcare Worker Killed by Mentally Ill Client

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An Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Administrative Law Judge has determined that a healthcare provider company did not protect a social service coordinator, who was fatally stabbed outside her client’s home in...more

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