One of the bills, Senate Bill 1299, would require hospitals, through California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board standards, to create workplace violence prevention plans. A similar bill was introduced in 2013 but floundered, according to the news release.
The other bill, Assembly Bill 2616, would make hospital workers who contract methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections eligible for worker’s compensation.
Committee hearings for the bills will be held Thursday and Wednesday, respectively.
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