Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
Sponsored By: Representative Courtney
Introduced
Summary
This bill would direct the Secretary of Labor to create a two-stage nationwide standard to prevent workplace violence for health care and social service workers. It would also make hospitals and skilled nursing facilities that lack OSHA coverage follow that standard through Medicare rules.
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Who is covered by these safety rules
If enacted, the rules would cover hospitals, nursing homes, hospice, long‑term care, group homes, mental health clinics, substance use treatment centers, independent emergency centers, and similar sites, including some federal facilities. They would also cover services like home health, home hospice, social work, and emergency medical transport. Doctor, dentist, and podiatrist offices not inside a covered facility would be excluded. Child day care and private household employers who hire in-home help would be excluded. The Secretary could add more facilities or services over time.
Medicare would require safety compliance
If enacted, hospitals and skilled nursing facilities not already under OSHA would have to follow the workplace-violence standard to meet Medicare rules. Noncompliance could affect a facility’s Medicare conditions of participation. This would start 1 year after the interim OSHA standard is issued.
New anti-violence rules for care employers
If enacted, OSHA would issue an interim workplace-violence rule within 1 year, effective within 30 days, with up to 1 year to phase in engineering fixes. Covered health care and social service employers would need a written prevention plan within 6 months of that interim rule, with worker input, training, and incident response steps. They would keep a violent-incident log for each site and service using a federal template due within 1 year of enactment, and keep records for at least 5 years with privacy protections. OSHA would propose a final rule within 2 years and issue it within 42 months, with protections at least as strong as approved state plans. Workers could see safer workplaces; employers would face new planning, training, and recordkeeping costs.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Courtney
CT • D
Cosponsors
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Scott (VA)
VA • D
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Omar
MN • D
Sponsored 4/1/2025
Adams
NC • D
Sponsored 4/1/2025
McCollum
MN • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Golden (ME)
ME • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Morelle
NY • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Davids (KS)
KS • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Houlahan
PA • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Cherfilus-McCormick
FL • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Tonko
NY • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Bonamici
OR • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Moulton
MA • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Casten
IL • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Ryan
NY • D
Sponsored 4/7/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
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Ivey
MD • D
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Pingree
ME • D
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Peters
CA • D
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Sherman
CA • D
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McBath
GA • D
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Pocan
WI • D
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Sewell
AL • D
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Evans (PA)
PA • D
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Brownley
CA • D
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DelBene
WA • D
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Menendez
NJ • D
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Stevens
MI • D
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Mrvan
IN • D
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Schneider
IL • D
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Frost
FL • D
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Lynch
MA • D
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Davis (NC)
NC • D
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Thanedar
MI • D
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Tlaib
MI • D
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Leger Fernandez
NM • D
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Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
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Panetta
CA • D
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Carter (LA)
LA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Quigley
IL • D
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Moore (WI)
WI • D
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Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Tokuda
HI • D
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McBride
DE • D
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Chu
CA • D
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Ramirez
IL • D
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Kelly (IL)
IL • D
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Larson (CT)
CT • D
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Stansbury
NM • D
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Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
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Lofgren
CA • D
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Scholten
MI • D
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Craig
MN • D
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DeSaulnier
CA • D
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Gottheimer
NJ • D
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Castor (FL)
FL • D
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Ansari
AZ • D
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Doggett
TX • D
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Simon
CA • D
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Jayapal
WA • D
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Sherrill
NJ • D
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Khanna
CA • D
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Lee (PA)
PA • D
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McDonald Rivet
MI • D
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Mfume
MD • D
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Hayes
CT • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Sanchez
CA • D
Sponsored 7/16/2025
Magaziner
RI • D
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Cleaver
MO • D
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Friedman
CA • D
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Budzinski
IL • D
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Veasey
TX • D
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Waters
CA • D
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McClellan
VA • D
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McClain Delaney
MD • D
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Pappas
NH • D
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Cohen
TN • D
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Fletcher
TX • D
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Garamendi
CA • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Randall
WA • D
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Elfreth
MD • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Balint
VT • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Gonzalez, V.
TX • D
Sponsored 9/8/2025
Clarke (NY)
NY • D
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Underwood
IL • D
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McIver
NJ • D
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Harder (CA)
CA • D
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Dingell
MI • D
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Beatty
OH • D
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Thompson (CA)
CA • D
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Foster
IL • D
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Levin
CA • D
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Casar
TX • D
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Pressley
MA • D
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Foushee
NC • D
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Goldman (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 1/13/2026
Vindman
VA • D
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Johnson (TX)
TX • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Takano
CA • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
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