OR HB2552

Health care employers (hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, home health agencies, home hospice programs) must conduct periodic security assessments, develop workplace violence prevention programs, and provide annual training to employees, volunteers, and contracted security personnel

Safety committees at health care employers must include equal representation of employees, management, and union representatives, and employers must submit annual workplace violence incident reports to the Department of Consumer and Business Services by February 1 each year

Oregon Health Authority will administer a grant program through the Health Care Facility Workplace Violence Prevention Efforts Fund to help hospitals, home health agencies, and hospice programs fund violence prevention training and access security measures like metal detectors and weapons detection systems

Health care facilities must post signage informing the public about assault laws near entrances and post employee rights information in workplace areas; workers in hospitals and home health settings cannot be required to wear ID badges with their last name

Home health care entities must collect safety-related information during client intake (including behavioral history, presence of weapons, household members' criminal records) and equip staff with emergency alert devices capable of GPS tracking and sending distress signals