KentuckyAN ACT relating to workplace violence against health care professionals.
What it does
Amend various sections of KRS 216.701 to 216.709 to define terms; require health facilities to display a notice in a prominent location advising of possible consequences of threatening or aggressive behavior toward health care workers; require health facilities to notify health care workers of changes to policies, procedures, or the workplace safety plan based on a health facility's required annual review; require that any health facility procedure for incidents of workplace violence shall require certain notifications for the victim.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 16to Health Services (S)Latest
- Mar 10to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Mar 10received in Senate
- Mar 93rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1)Passed House
- Vote recorded Pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 6posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026
- Mar 62nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Mar 5reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)Minor
- Mar 3to Health Services (H)Minor
- Feb 24to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Feb 24introduced in HouseIntroduced