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HB0155 • 2025

Workplace violence in health care.

AN ACT relating to workplace safety; requiring the department of workforce services to compile reports of workplace violence in hospitals, health care clinics and long term care facilities as specified; requiring reporting; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Healthcare
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Brown, L
Last action
2025-02-03
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2025

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass and therefore has no effective date or further details on implementation.

Workplace Violence Reporting in Health Care

This act requires hospitals, health care clinics, and long-term care facilities receiving state funds to report incidents of workplace violence to the department of workforce services.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires hospitals, health care clinics, and long-term care facilities that receive state money to send monthly reports about workplace violence to the department of workforce services starting August 1, 2025.
  • Includes details like who was involved in violent incidents, what led up to them, where they happened, and how many there were.
  • Asks the department of workforce services to make rules for reporting and create forms that health care places can use.
  • Requires the department to give an overall report on workplace violence to a special committee by October 1, 2026.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Hospitals
  • Health care clinics
  • Long-term care facilities

Terms To Know

Workplace Violence
Physical or verbal attacks, threats, or abuse at work.
Department of Workforce Services
A government agency that handles workforce issues and reporting requirements.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass in the session it was introduced.
  • It only applies to health care facilities receiving state funds, which may be a limited number of places.
  • Details about how exactly the reports will be made are left up to future rules.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-03 House

    H Did not Consider for Introduction

  2. 2025-01-14 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2025-01-13 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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25LSO-0567
2025
STATE OF WYOMING
25LSO-0567
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0155

Workplace violence in health care.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Brown, L, Angelos, Clouston, Filer, Geringer and Harshman and Senator(s) Barlow, Brennan and Crago

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to workplace safety; requiring the department of workforce services to compile reports of workplace violence in hospitals, health care clinics and long term care facilities as specified; requiring reporting; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
.

(a)

Every hospital, health care clinic and long-term care facility that receives any state funds shall be required to report to the department of workforce services the following information on a monthly basis beginning August 1, 2025:

(i)

Incidents of workplace violence against health care providers;

(ii)

The category of the person committing the violence, including:

(A)

Patient;

(B)

Health care provider;

(C)

Family members or acquaintances of patients;

(D)

Others, as specified by the person making the report.

(iii)

Patient-related risk factors that may have contributed to the violence, such as mental health disorder diagnoses or substance use;

(iv)

Environmental risk factors, such as restricted patient visitation, lack of security or excessive wait times;

(v)

The types of incidents, including physical assaults, attempted physical assaults, verbal abuse, threats of harm or verbal discrimination based on race, sex or gender;

(vi)

The victims of the reported incidents by job type;

(vii)

The location of each incident, by physical address and department of the hospital, clinic or long
‑
term care facility.

(b)

The department of workforce services shall report the information in subsection (a) of this section, as well as the total number of incidents reported between July 1, 2025 and July 1, 2026, to the joint labor, health and social services interim committee not later than October 1, 2026.

(c)

As used in this section, "health care provider" means as defined in W.S. 1-1-130(b)(i).

Section 2
.

The department of workforce services shall promulgate all rules necessary to implement the provisions of this act, including the creation of a standardized form for hospitals, health care clinics and long
‑
term care facilities to utilize for reporting workplace violence.

Section 3.

(a)

Except as provided by subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective July 1, 2025.

(b)

Sections 2 and 3 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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