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2023 SESSION
SB 827 Hospital emergency departments; required security and training, regulations.
Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Hospital emergency departments; required security plan; regulations. Directs the Board of Health to amend its regulations to require every hospital with an emergency department to establish a security plan. The bill requires that such security plan be developed using standards established by the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety or other industry standard and be based on the results of a security risk assessment of each emergency department location of the hospital. The bill requires that the security plan include the presence of at least one off-duty law-enforcement officer or trained security personnel who is present in the emergency department at all times as indicated to be necessary and appropriate by the security risk assessment. The bill provides for a waiver from the requirement that at least one off-duty law-enforcement officer or trained security personnel be present at all times in the emergency department if the hospital demonstrates that a different level of security is necessary and appropriate for any of its emergency departments based upon findings in the security risk assessment.
FULL TEXT
- 12/21/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101960D pdf | impact statement
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105296D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB827ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/23/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/21/22 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101960D
- 12/21/22 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/13/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 01/27/23 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Higher Education
- 02/02/23 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/23 Senate: Committee substitute printed 23105296D-S1
- 02/03/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Read second time
- 02/06/23 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/06/23 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 23105296D-S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB827S1
- 02/06/23 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/23 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/23 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/10/23 House: Read first time
- 02/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/14/23 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/23 House: Read second time
- 02/17/23 House: Read third time
- 02/17/23 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/23 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/23 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/22/23 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB827ER)
- 02/22/23 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/23 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/02/23 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
- 03/02/23 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
- 03/23/23 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 417 (effective 7/1/23)
- 03/23/23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417)