H.R. 1195 (117 th ): Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

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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.

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Joe Courtney

Sponsor. Representative for Connecticut's 2nd congressional district. Democrat.

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on April 16, 2021 but was never passed by the Senate.

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145 Cosponsors (139 Democrats, 6 Republicans)

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This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 7141 (115th).

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1309 (116th).

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This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2663.

H.R. 1195 (117th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

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Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 1195. This is the one from the 117 th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 117 th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2021 to Jan 3, 2023. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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