Save Healthcare Workers Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3178 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3178 To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 5, 2025 Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania (for herself and Mrs. Miller-Meeks) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To protect hospital personnel from violence, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Save Healthcare Workers Act''. SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST HOSPITAL PERSONNEL. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings: (1) The incidence of assault and intimidation against hospital employees poses a serious national problem. (2) The problem of assault and intimidation against hospital and health care employees preceded the COVID-19 pandemic. According to an April 2020 Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the health care and social service industries experienced the highest rates of injuries caused by workplace violence and were 5 times as likely to suffer a workplace violence injury than workers overall in 2018. That report also found that the incidence rate for workplace violence against health care workers had steadily increased since 2011. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this growing problem. (3) Workplace violence in hospitals inhibits hospital employees from performing their duties and thereby disrupts the delivery of health care services and leads to adverse patient outcomes. Violence towards hospital workers also has been associated with decreased productivity and quality of care, employee absenteeism, and increased employee turnover. (4) St