H.R. 4266: Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015
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H.R. 4266: Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-12-16 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-12-16 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015
Plain summary
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015 This bill requires the Department of Labor to establish a standard on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders for health care workers. The standard must require the use of engineering and safety controls to handle patients. The standard must require health care employers to: (1) develop and implement a safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention program; (2) train their workers on safe patient handling, mobility, and injury prevention; and (3) post a notice that explains the standard, procedures to report patient handling-related injuries, and workers' rights under this Act. Labor must conduct unscheduled inspections to ensure compliance with the standard. This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to apply the standard to hospitals receiving Medicare funds.
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Official text
Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · 20 cosponsors
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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Donald Norcross (D-NJ), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Pete Aguilar (D-CA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr4266.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>
Record fed-us-cong114-hr4266 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114