New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu signed a invoice July 22 requiring healthcare services to implement and keep office violence prevention packages, in accordance with the Foster’s Day by day Democrat.
The invoice additionally establishes the state’s healthcare office security fee; the laws is about to take impact July 1 2023, though some services have till July 1, 2024 to conform.
“We applaud Governor Sununu for signing into legislation SB 459, laws spearheaded by [New Hampshire] Sen. Jim Grey which addresses the rising incidents of office violence and helps the necessity to defend our healthcare workforce,” the state hospital affiliation stated in an announcement. “Violent acts in opposition to healthcare staff proceed to extend in quantity and severity, and this vital laws establishes the Office Violence Prevention Program and the New Hampshire Well being Care Office Security Fee, each of which purpose to reinforce office violence prevention by means of information assortment, danger assessments, sharing of greatest practices and annual reporting.”
Mr. Sununu signed the invoice exterior of Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.H., the place safety guard Richard Semo, 64, was assaulted in December 2020 exterior the hospital’s emergency room entrance, the newspaper reported. Mr. Semo died days later.