Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act
This bill requires the Department of Labor to address workplace violence in the health care and social service sectors. Specifically, Labor must promulgate an occupational safety and health standard that requires certain employers in the health care and social service sectors, as well as employers in sectors that conduct activities similar to the activities in the health care and social service sectors, to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for protecting health care workers, social service workers, and other personnel from workplace violence.
In addition, those employers must
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 713, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Garcia (TX) amendment No. 8.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 713, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Wexton amendment No. 9.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Wexton amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mrs. Wexton demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 713, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Delgado amendment No. 10.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Delgado amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Delgado demanded a recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was question on adoption of amendments, which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 1309.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
Mr. Kelly (PA) moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Education and Labor. (text: CR H9152)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kelly (PA) motion to recommit with instructions, pending the reservation of a point of order. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to add a new section at the end of the bill entitled "Sense of Congress".
Point of order sustained against the motion to recommit with instructions.
Mr. Courtney raised a point of order against the motion to recommit with instructions. Mr. Courtney stated that the point of order violated clause 7 of Rule XVI related to the germaneness of the amendment. Sustained by the Chair.
Mr. Kelly (PA) appealed the ruling of the chair. The question was then put on sustaining the ruling of the chair.
Mr. Hoyer moved to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair
On motion to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair Agreed to by recorded vote: 222 - 188 (Roll no. 641).
Roll Call #641 (House)Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 251 - 158 (Roll no. 642).
Roll Call #642 (House)On passage Passed by recorded vote: 251 - 158 (Roll no. 642).
Roll Call #642 (House)Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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