New York S 5294: Requires hospitals to develop a violence prevention program

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S05294 Summary:

BILL NOS05294B

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SAME ASSAME AS A00203-B

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SPONSORSEPULVEDA

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COSPNSRCLEARE, COMRIE, FAHY, GRIFFO, JACKSON, MATTERA, RHOADS, ROLISON, RYAN C, WEBB, WEBER

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §§2832 & 2832-a, Pub Health L

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Requires hospitals to establish a violence prevention program which includes a workplace safety and security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards.

Go to top S05294 Actions:

BILL NOS05294B

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02/20/2025REFERRED TO HEALTH

04/29/20251ST REPORT CAL.893

04/30/20252ND REPORT CAL.

05/01/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

05/19/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5294A

06/05/2025AMENDED ON THIRD READING 5294B

06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A203B

&nbspA00203 AMEND=B Cruz

&nbsp01/08/2025referred to health

&nbsp05/16/2025amend and recommit to health

&nbsp05/16/2025print number 203a

&nbsp06/05/2025amend and recommit to health

&nbsp06/05/2025print number 203b

&nbsp06/08/2025reference changed to ways and means

&nbsp06/09/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp06/10/2025reported 

&nbsp06/10/2025rules report cal.545

&nbsp06/10/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.545

&nbsp06/11/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/11/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/11/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S5294B

&nbsp06/11/20253RD READING CAL.893

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/12/2025signed chap.618

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5294--B
 Cal. No. 893

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 20, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SEPULVEDA, CLEARE, COMRIE, FAHY, GRIFFO, MATTERA,
 ROLISON, C. RYAN, WEBB, WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
 when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported
 favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
 ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
 its place in the order of third reading -- again amended and ordered
 reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading

 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring hospi-
 tals to develop a violence prevention program

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section
 2 2832 to read as follows:
 3 § 2832. Violence prevention program. 1. For the purposes of this
 4 section, the term "facility" shall mean a general hospital or a nursing
 5 home as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of this article.
 6 2. Within twelve months of the effective date of this section, every
 7 facility shall establish a workplace violence prevention program. Such
 8 program in a general hospital shall be consistent with regulatory
 9 requirements including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
 10 Hospital Conditions of Participation regarding caring for patients in a
 11 safe setting 42 CFR § 482.13(c)(2), and emergency preparedness 42 CFR §
 12 482.15(a) and (d)(1), and the workplace violence standards of any
 13 accrediting organization deemed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
 14 Services under which such hospital maintains accreditation provided
 15 however, such standards are comparable to those established by The Joint
 16 Commission. The purpose of such a program shall be to protect health
 17 care workers, patients, facility residents, and visitors. The program
 18 shall, at a minimum, include the requirements set forth in this section.
 19 3. Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-seven, all general
 20 hospitals shall conduct, not less than annually, a workplace safety and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00723-07-5

 S. 5294--B 2

 1 security assessment and develop a safety and security plan that
 2 addresses identified workplace violence threats or hazards. As part of
 3 the plan, a gener