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2018 SESSION

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HB 1088 Hospitals; security personnel training to identify mental illness.

Introduced by: Jennifer B. Boysko | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Hospitals; security and emergency department staff; mental health training. Requires the Board of Health to include in its regulations governing licensed hospitals a requirement that every hospital with an emergency department establish protocols to ensure that security personnel of the emergency department, if any, receive training appropriate to the populations served by the emergency department, which may include training based on a trauma-informed approach in identifying and safely addressing situations involving patients and others who pose a risk of harm to themselves or others due to mental illness or substance abuse or who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Hospitals; security and emergency department staff; mental health training. Requires the Board of Health to include in its regulations governing licensed hospitals a requirement that every hospital with an emergency department establish protocols to ensure that security personnel of the emergency department, if any, receive training appropriate to the populations served by the emergency department, which may include training in identifying and safely addressing situations involving patients and others who pose a risk of harm to themselves or others due to mental illness or who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Hospitals; security and emergency department staff; mental health training. Requires the Board of Health to include in its regulations governing licensed hospitals a requirement that such hospitals ensure that security staff and staff of the hospital emergency department, if any, receive training in identifying and safely addressing situations involving patients and others experiencing a mental health crisis.