Health-Care Workplace Violence Incentive Payments

The bill includes a performance metric related to workplace violence in determining quality incentive payments made to hospitals.

No later than September 1, 2025, the bill requires the department of health care policy and financing (state department) to convene a stakeholder group to develop recommended metrics, determine whether any federal or private funds are available to assist hospitals in lowering the number of incidents of workplace violence, and develop legislative recommendations, which the stakeholder group must submit to the general assembly no later than February 1, 2026.

Beginning July 1, 2026, and each July thereafter, the bill requires the state department to assess whether each hospital has adopted a formal policy to address workplace violence and submitted the reporting requirements to the department of public health and environment for the next federal fiscal year. The bill exempts hospitals with fewer than 100 beds from the reporting requirements.

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)