CT SB00970

Health care employers with 50 or more employees must establish and convene an ongoing workplace safety committee by October 1, 2011, composed of at least 50% nonmanagement employees.

Each health care employer must conduct an annual risk assessment and develop a written workplace violence prevention and response plan by January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter.

Health care employers must maintain records of workplace violence incidents and report them to local law enforcement within 24 hours, unless the perpetrator is a person with a disability and the conduct is a clear and direct manifestation of that disability.

Health care employers shall adjust patient care assignments so no employee is required to treat a patient who has intentionally physically abused or threatened that employee, unless impracticable, in which case a second employee must be present.

Assault of a health care employee is classified as a class C felony, and a disability defense is available if the defendant's conduct was a clear and direct manifestation of their disability.