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S 1232119th CongressIntroduced
Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Introduced: Oct 29, 2025
HealthcareLabor & EmploymentSocial Services
Standard Summary
Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs
This legislation mandates the Secretary of Labor to establish a workplace violence prevention standard specifically for healthcare and social service employers, requiring comprehensive safety plans, risk assessments, training, incident reporting, and anti-retaliation protections to safeguard workers in high-risk environments across hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and community service settings.
Key Points
- 1The bill requires covered employers to develop written workplace violence prevention plans within six months of the interim standard's issuance, incorporating employee participation and facility-specific hazard assessments.
- 2Mandatory annual training must cover violence recognition, de-escalation techniques, emergency response procedures, and anti-retaliation policies, with specialized instruction for supervisors handling high-risk situations.
- 3Detailed recordkeeping requirements include maintaining violent incident logs for five years, conducting post-incident investigations with employee input, and submitting annual summaries to OSHA while protecting victim confidentiality.
Impact Areas
Healthcare workers in hospitals, nursing homes, and outpatient facilitiesSocial service providers including home health aides and community mental health staffHealthcare and social service employers nationwide implementing new safety protocolsOSHA and CMS regulators enforcing compliance through Medicare funding conditions
Generated by legislative-analysis-v1 on Nov 2, 2025