H.R. 4266 - Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015
- Sponsor:
- John Conyers, Jr.
- Summary:
- To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been referred to committee.
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015
H.R. 4266 — 114th Congress (2015–2016)
- Summary
- To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard to reduce injuries to patients, nurses, and all other health care workers by establishing a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention standard, and for other purposes.
- Other Titles
- Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015
- Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015
- Sponsor
- John Conyers, Jr.
- Co-Sponsors
- Pete Aguilar
- Karen Bass
- Joyce Beatty
- Suzanne Bonamici
- Madeleine Z. Bordallo
- Brendan F. Boyle
- Yvette D. Clarke
- Wm. Lacy Clay
- Danny K. Davis
- Gwen Graham
- Alcee L. Hastings
- Barbara Lee
- Betty McCollum
- Gwen Moore
- Donald Norcross
- Eleanor Holmes Norton
- Janice D. Schakowsky
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- José E. Serrano
- Frederica S. Wilson
- Subjects
- Labor and employment
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Labor
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health personnel
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Labor-management relations
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Musculoskeletal and skin diseases
- Nursing
- Worker safety and health
- Related Bills
- Major Actions
Introduced 12/16/2015 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 12/16/2015 12/16/2015 Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 12/16/2015 Introduced in House 12/18/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 1/21/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 3/23/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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