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HB 713 KY
Passed One Chamber

AN ACT relating to workplace violence against health care professionals.

KY · session 2026RS · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Feb 24, 2026

Latest action (Mar 16, 2026) to Health Services (S)

Summary

Amend various sections of KRS 216.701 to 216.709 to define terms; require health facilities to display a notice in a prominent location advising of possible consequences of threatening or aggressive behavior toward health care workers; require health facilities to notify health care workers of changes to policies, procedures, or the workplace safety plan based on a health facility's required annual review; require that any health facility procedure for incidents of workplace violence shall require certain notifications for the victim.

Sponsors (3)

Action history (10)

  1. Feb 24, 2026 introduced in House · lower
  2. Feb 24, 2026 to Committee on Committees (H) · lower
  3. Mar 3, 2026 to Health Services (H) · lower
  4. Mar 5, 2026 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  5. Mar 6, 2026 2nd reading, to Rules · lower
  6. Mar 6, 2026 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026 · lower
  7. Mar 9, 2026 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1) · lower
  8. Mar 10, 2026 received in Senate · upper
  9. Mar 10, 2026 to Committee on Committees (S) · upper
  10. Mar 16, 2026 to Health Services (S) · upper
Subjects
Health And Medical ServicesHealth Care ProfessionalsHospitals And Health FacilitiesLabor And IndustryOccupational Safety And HealthOccupations And ProfessionsSafetyWorkforce

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