LEGISLATIVE NEWS Workplace Violence Prevention Bill Introduced in the Pennsylvania House


State Representative Nicholas Micozzie (R-163) has introduced House Bill 1992, which would require Pennsylvania hospitals and other health care facilities to take proactive steps to protect nurses and other health care workers from suffering from violence on the job. The bill, a joint effort between the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals (PASNAP) and Representative Micozzie, would


require hospitals to assess the security risks in their facilities, find ways to create a safer workplace, and help victims of violence report incidences.


"Our health care professionals work tirelessly to help protect and care for individuals when they are at their most vulnerable, and we have an obligation to make sure they are able to do their jobs in an environment that is free of the threat of violence," said Micozzie. "This marks an important step in our efforts to protect all health care workers from workplace violence. said Patricia Eakin, ER nurse at Temple University Hospital and statewide president of PASNAP.


Incidents of workplace violence against staff occur in rural, suburban, and inner-city hospitals alike. HB 1992 will help each health facility develop a plan to addressing its own risk factors, including training level of security personnel, building design and lighting, staffing levels, and hospital culture of safety.


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