The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act would direct the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a federal workplace violence prevention standard to protect workers in health care and social services from injury and death. Workplace violence is a serious and growing safety and health problem that has reached epidemic levels. Workplace violence is now the third leading cause of job deaths, and results in more than 30,000 serious lost-time injuries each year. Nurses, medical assistants, emergency responders and social workers face some of the greatest threats, suffering more than 70% of all workplace assaults. Women workers particularly are at risk, suffering two out of every three serious workplace violence injuries. This bill would help protect these workers by requiring employers in the health care and social service sectors to develop and implement a workplace violence prevention plan, tailored to specific workplace and employee populations. This bill passed the House on Nov. 21, 2019.
Vote result: Passed
YEAs: 251
NAYs: 158
Legislator | State | District | Party Sort descending | Vote | |
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Rep. Dean Phillips | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Susie Lee | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. John Garamendi | 8 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jackie Speier | 14 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Val Demings | 10 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. John Yarmuth | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Betty McCollum | 4 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Denny Heck | 10 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Marc Veasey | 33 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Collin C. Peterson | 7 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Barbara Lee | 12 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ruben Gallego | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Cynthia Axne | 3 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Ilhan Omar | 5 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Bill Keating | 9 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Bobby L. Rush | 1 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Jahana Hayes | 5 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Juan Vargas | 52 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Scott Peters | 50 | Democrat | Yes | ||
Rep. Al Lawson | 5 | Democrat | Yes |