HLS 24RS-796 ORIGINAL
2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 592
BY REPRESENTATIVE MILLER
HEALTH CARE/PROVIDERS: Provides relative to workplace violence in healthcare
settings
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:2199.12(3), relative to healthcare workplace violence
3 prevention; to require certain healthcare providers to implement workplace violence
4 mitigation initiatives; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. 40:2199.12(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2199.12. Definitions
8 As used in this Subpart, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to
9 them in this Section:
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11 (3) "Regulated entity" means any healthcare entity such as a licensed
12 healthcare facility listed in R.S. 40:2006(A)(2), a federally qualified health center as
13 defined in R.S. 40:1185.3, a pharmacy permitted in accordance with Part IV of
14 Chapter 14 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and any office of
15 a healthcare provider at which five or more healthcare professionals, as defined in
16 R.S. 14:34.8(B), treat that treats patients and such office is not otherwise licensed by
17 the state but provides healthcare services delivered by a licensee of a healthcare
18 professional licensing board created in Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of
19 1950. A healthcare entity shall not be considered a regulated entity if it employs five
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1 or fewer primary healthcare providers, such as a physician, pharmacist, advanced
2 practice registered nurse, physician assistant, or dentist.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 592 Original 2024 Regular Session Miller
Abstract: Creates an exemption to the workplace violence education and mitigation
requirements for a healthcare entity with five or fewer primary healthcare providers.
Present law requires a regulated entity, defined as a licensed healthcare facility, federal
qualified health center, pharmacy, or healthcare provider's office with five or more
healthcare professionals, to implement programs to mitigate and raise awareness of
workplace violence.
Proposed law modifies the definition of regulated entity to include any healthcare entity such
as a licensed healthcare facility, federal qualified health center, pharmacy, or healthcare
provider's office with five or more healthcare professionals shall implement programs to
mitigate and raise awareness of workplace violence however no healthcare entity with five
or fewer primary care providers, such as a physician, physician assistant, advanced practice
registered nurse, pharmacist, or dentist, shall be considered a regulated entity.
(Amends R.S. 40:2199.12(3))
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