{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-1195","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 1195","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention plan, and for other purposes."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-02-22","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-04-16","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h118","question":"On Passage","title":"Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act","result":"Passed","yea":254,"nay":166,"present":0,"not_voting":9,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll118.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.","date":"2021-04-19"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[{"number":"H.Amdt. 41","sponsor":"Rep. 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The standard applies to employers in the health care sector, in the social service sector, and in sectors that conduct activities similar to those in the health care and social service sectors."},{"k":"p","t":"In addition, Labor must promulgate a final standard within a specified time line."}],"words":102},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard requiring covered health care and social service employers to develop and carry out written workplace violence prevention plans, and applies that standard to certain Medicare-participating hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text/eh#toc-H93C0E16EDF1641FE9A2DC79505F5751E"},{"label":"Sec. 103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text/eh#toc-HC7CA3B49F8A44329B1376DCAADB5782F"},{"label":"Sec. 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after enactment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text/eh#toc-H93C0E16EDF1641FE9A2DC79505F5751E"}},{"text":"Defines covered facilities, covered services and covered employers, including hospitals, residential treatment facilities, community care settings, field work such as home health care, and emergency services, and excludes child day care services.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text/eh#toc-H08BA18BAD8FE4FACB10EAA1A2324515B"}},{"text":"Requires each covered employer to develop, implement and maintain a written workplace violence prevention plan, developed with the participation of direct care employees, within 6 months after the interim final standard is promulgated.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text/eh#toc-HC7CA3B49F8A44329B1376DCAADB5782F"}},{"text":"Requires covered employers to investigate violent incidents, train employees, keep a violent incident log and related records for not less than 5 years, submit annual summaries and reports to the Secretary, and not retaliate against employees who report workplace violence.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 103","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text/eh#toc-HC7CA3B49F8A44329B1376DCAADB5782F"}},{"text":"Amends section 1866 of the Social Security Act to require hospitals and skilled nursing facilities not otherwise subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to comply with the workplace violence prevention standard, beginning 1 year after the interim final standard is issued.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 201","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text/eh#toc-HD14F5433F8DD4A0DA93F31240BAE296B"}}],"unexpected":[{"category":"selective_carve_out","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 102","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text/eh#toc-H08BA18BAD8FE4FACB10EAA1A2324515B"},"heading":"Scope and application","effect":"Defines covered facilities, services, and employers, and excludes child day care services, individual home employers, and physician, dentist, podiatrist or other practitioner offices not located within a covered facility.","amount":null,"quote":"The term covered service does not include child day care services."}]},{"category":"process_change","items":[{"cite":{"label":"Sec. 101","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text/eh#toc-H93C0E16EDF1641FE9A2DC79505F5751E"},"heading":"Workplace violence prevention standard","effect":"Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue an interim final workplace violence standard within 1 year and states that the Occupational Safety and Health Act section 6(b) requirements, chapters 5 and 6 of title 5, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and Executive Order 12866 do not apply to issuing it.","amount":null,"quote":"The following provisions of law and Executive orders shall not apply to the issuance of the interim final standard under this subsection:"}]}],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-04-16","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1195/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-1195.png","v":"b80baf35fd91","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 1195, 117th Congress: Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act. House: 254 Yea, 166 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 16 Apr 2021."}}