facility.
"Health facility." A hospital, long-term care nursing
facility or home health care agency as those terms are defined
in section 802.1 of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L.130, No.48),
known as the Health Care Facilities Act.
"Program." The workplace violence prevention program
established by a committee.
"Workplace violence." Violence or the threat of violence
against an employee.
Section 3. Violence prevention committee.
(a) Establishment.--Each health facility shall establish a
violence prevention committee to establish, review, administer
and provide guidance about a program relating to the prevention
of workplace violence at the health facility.
(b) Membership.--Each committee shall be composed as
follows:
(1) At least one member or designee of a committee shall
represent management and oversee implementation of the
program. A committee shall be led by two cochairs, one
representing management and one representing the union
employees and nonunion employees in the case of a facility
that has no union representing its employees.
(2) At least 50% of the members of each committee shall
be nonmanagerial employees primarily engaged in direct
patient care or clinical care services or employees who
interface with the public. A committee shall have a
proportional representation of union employees, selected by
their union, and nonunion employees, elected by secret ballot
by their peers. The proportional representation shall
incorporate all employees at risk of becoming a victim of
20240SB1291PN1831 - 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30