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SB 823 — Relating to violence against health care employees.
Last action — Effective date, January 1, 2020.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed House
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2019. Enacted.
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Passed 4 recorded votes so far.
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Summary
<i>Makes it unlawful employment practice for health care employer to retaliate against employee who makes good faith report of assault that occurred on premises of health care provider or in home of patient receiving home health care services.</i>] <i>Requires health care employer to hire security personnel to provide security services, at all times, in emergency care department of hospital.</i>] <b>Requires health care employer to conduct comprehensive security and safety evaluation using state or nationally recognized workplace violence prevention toolkit. Requires employer to conduct evaluation by June 30, 2021. Requires employer to report to Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services by December 31, 2021, as to whether employer has conducted evaluation. Requires director to compile report summarizing employer compliance and submit report to committees of Legislative Assembly related to health care by March 22, 2022. Sunsets provisions June 30, 2022. Makes unlawful employment practice for person to discriminate against employee or prospective employee because employee or prospective employee has reported in good faith assault that occurred on premises of health care employer or in home of patient receiving home health care services. Requires health care employer to establish, in coordination with health care employer's workplace safety committee, process by which committee shall review health care employer's assault prevention and protection program.</b> Requires health care employer to generate and make available to <i>public</i>] <b>requesting employee or workplace safety committee</b> <i>annual</i>] report that summarizes <b>information regarding</b> <i>records of</i>] assaults committed against employees <b>and regarding work-related injuries and illnesses</b>. <i>Requires health care employer to submit report to Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services no later than December 31 of each year.</i>] <i>Requires health care employer that has information regarding assault committed by patient on premises of health care employer to include in patient's medical record description of assault and any other information relating to patient's high risk for assaultive behavior.</i>].
Bill Text
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Read SB 823 on the official Oregon source →Action History
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Effective date, January 1, 2020.
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Chapter 350, 2019 Laws.
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Governor signed.
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Speaker signed.
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President signed.
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Third reading. Carried by Prusak. Passed.
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Rules suspended. Carried over to June 3, 2019 Calendar.
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Carried over to May 30, 2019 Calendar by virtue of adjournment.
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Second reading.
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Recommendation: Do pass.
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Public Hearing and Work Session held.
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Referred to Health Care.
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First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
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Third reading. Carried by Monnes Anderson. Passed.
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Second reading.
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Subsequent referral rescinded by order of the President.
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Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and subsequent referral to Workforce be rescinded. (Printed A-Eng.)
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Work Session held.
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Work Session held.
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Public Hearing held.
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Referred to Health Care, then Workforce.
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Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →0 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 90 not signed on · 4 voted No
Sponsors (0)
None.
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (90)
90 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 90 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 34 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 57 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (60)
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democrat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Alissa Keny-Guyer | — | Yea |
| Andrea Salinas | — | Yea |
| Denyc Boles | — | Yea |
| Mitch Greenlick | — | Yea |
| Rachel Prusak | — | Yea |
| Ron Noble | — | Yea |
| Teresa Alonso Leon | — | Yea |
| Tiffiny Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Rob Nosse | Democrat | Yea |
| Cedric Hayden | Republican | Yea |
| Christine Drazan | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 16 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Democrat | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 77% | 13% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (30)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Alan Olsen | — | Yea |
| Arnie Roblan | — | Yea |
| Betsy Johnson | — | Yea |
| Bill Hansell | — | Not Voting |
| Brian Boquist | — | Nay |
| Chuck Riley | — | Yea |
| Chuck Thomsen | — | Nay |
| Cliff Bentz | — | Yea |
| Dallas Heard | — | Yea |
| Dennis Linthicum | — | Not Voting |
| Elizabeth Steiner Hayward | — | Yea |
| Ginny Burdick | — | Yea |
| Herman Baertschiger Jr. | — | Nay |
| Jackie Winters | — | Not Voting |
| Laurie Monnes Anderson | — | Yea |
| Lee Beyer | — | Yea |
| Mark Hass | — | Yea |
| Michael Dembrow | — | Yea |
| Peter Courtney | — | Yea |
| Sara Gelser | — | Yea |
| Shemia Fagan | — | Yea |
| Tim Knopp | — | Yea |
| Floyd Prozanski | Democrat | Yea |
| James Manning Jr. | Democrat | Yea |
| Jeff Golden | Democrat | Yea |
| Kathleen Taylor | Democrat | Yea |
| Lew Frederick | Democrat | Yea |
| Rob Wagner | Democrat | Yea |
| Fred Girod | Republican | Nay |
| Kim Thatcher | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (5)
| Member | Party | Vote |
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| Dennis Linthicum | — | Yea |
| Laurie Monnes Anderson | — | Yea |
| Lee Beyer | — | Yea |
| Shemia Fagan | — | Yea |
| Tim Knopp | — | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 823 do?
- <i>Makes it unlawful employment practice for health care employer to retaliate against employee who makes good faith report of assault that occurred on premises of health care provider or in home of patient receiving home health care services.</i>] <i>Requires health care employer to hire security personnel to provide security services, at all times, in emergency care department of hospital.</i>] <b>Requires health care employer to conduct comprehensive security and safety evaluation using state or nationally recognized workplace violence prevention toolkit. Requires employer to conduct evaluation by June 30, 2021. Requires employer to report to Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services by December 31, 2021, as to whether employer has conducted evaluation. Requires director to compile report summarizing employer compliance and submit report to committees of Legislative Assembly related to health care by March 22, 2022. Sunsets provisions June 30, 2022. Makes unlawful employment practice for person to discriminate against employee or prospective employee because employee or prospective employee has reported in good faith assault that occurred on premises of health care employer or in home of patient receiving home health care services. Requires health care employer to establish, in coordination with health care employer's workplace safety committee, process by which committee shall review health care employer's assault prevention and protection program.</b> Requires health care employer to generate and make available to <i>public</i>] <b>requesting employee or workplace safety committee</b> <i>annual</i>] report that summarizes <b>information regarding</b> <i>records of</i>] assaults committed against employees <b>and regarding work-related injuries and illnesses</b>. <i>Requires health care employer to submit report to Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services no later than December 31 of each year.</i>] <i>Requires health care employer that has information regarding assault committed by patient on premises of health care employer to include in patient's medical record description of assault and any other information relating to patient's high risk for assaultive behavior.</i>].
- What is the current status of SB 823?
- This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2019. Enacted.
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