KY HB573 | 2020 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on March 2 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-09 - posted in committee
Pending: House Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 2 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-03-09 - posted in committee
Pending: House Economic Development & Workforce Investment Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 338 to define "health care facility," "health care worker," "workplace safety," and "'workplace violence"; to require a health care facility to annually perform workplace safety and workplace violence assessments; and have a workplace safety and workplace violence education program and reporting process for health care workers; bar retaliation or discrimination against health care workers who report workplace safety incidents.
Title
AN ACT relating to the safety of health care workers.
Sponsors
| Rep. Stan Lee [R] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-09 | House | posted in committee |
| 2020-03-04 | House | to Economic Development & Workforce Investment (H) |
| 2020-03-02 | House | introduced in House |
Subjects
Health and Medical Services
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Nurses
Occupations and Professions
Personnel and Employment
Hospitals and Nursing Homes
Nurses
Occupations and Professions
Personnel and Employment
Kentucky State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20RS/hb573.html |
| Text | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/20RS/hb573/orig_bill.pdf |
