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HR 2531119th 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 requiring healthcare and social service employers to implement comprehensive safety plans, including risk assessments, engineering controls, mandatory training, incident reporting systems, and anti-retaliation protections to safeguard workers from violence in covered facilities and services.
Key Points
- 1Requires covered employers to develop written workplace violence prevention plans within six months featuring employee participation, facility-specific risk assessments, and engineering controls like security systems and environmental modifications.
- 2Mandates annual in-person training for all employees on hazard recognition, de-escalation techniques, and response procedures with specialized instruction for supervisors managing high-risk situations.
- 3Establishes strict recordkeeping requirements including violent incident logs tracking perpetrator classifications, injury details, and abatement measures with mandatory annual reporting to OSHA and Congress.
Impact Areas
Healthcare workers in hospitals, nursing homes, and clinicsSocial service employees providing home health care and community-based servicesHospitals, residential treatment facilities, and outpatient clinicsEmployers subject to OSHA compliance and Medicare funding requirements
Generated by expert-legislative-analyst on Nov 6, 2025