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                    116TH CONGRESS 1                                 1 REPT. 116-296
                       1st Session   HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             Part 1







                    WORKPLACE VIOLENCE PREVENTION FOR HEALTH CARE
                               AND SOCIAL SERVICE WORKERS ACT



                      NOVEMBER 18, 2019.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
                                   State of the Union and ordered to be printed



                       Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, from the Committee on Education and
                                     Labor, submitted the following


                                            REPORT

                                              together with

                                           MINORITY VIEWS

                                           [To accompany H.R. 1309]

                             [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The Committee on Education and Labor, to whom was referred
                    the bill (H.R. 1309) to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an oc-
                    cupational safety and health standard that requires covered em-
                    ployers within the health care and social service industries to de-
                    velop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence preven-
                    tion plan, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
                    port favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that
                    the bill as amended do pass.

                                                CONTENTS
                                                                                  Page
                    Purpose  and  Sum m ary  ...........................................................................................  9
                    C om m ittee  A ction  ....................................................................................................  10
                    C om m ittee  V iew s  .....................................................................................................  12
                    Section-by-Section  Analysis  ....................................................................................  29
                    Explanation  of Am endm ents  ...................................................................................  32
                    Application  of Law  to  the  Legislative  Branch  .......................................................  32
                    Unfunded M andate  Statem ent  ...............................................................................  32
                    E arm ark  Statem ent  .................................................................................................  32
                    R oll  C all  V otes  .........................................................................................................  32
                    Statement of Performance Goals and Objectives ..................................................  36
                    Duplication  of Federal Program s  ............................................................................  36
                    H earings  ...................................................................................................................  36
                    Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ......        36
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