Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB713: AN ACT relating to workplace violence against health care professionals.
Status: In committee, March 16, 2026
Amend various sections of KRS 216.701 to 216.709 to define terms; require health facilities to display a notice in a prominent location advising of possible consequences of threatening or aggressive behavior toward health care workers; require health facilities to notify health care workers of changes to policies, procedures, or the workplace safety plan based on a health facility's required annual review; require that any health facility procedure for incidents of workplace violence shall require certain notifications for the victim.
What the bill says
An act relating to workplace violence against health care professionals.
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT relating to workplace violence against health care professionals. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: Section 1. KRS 216.701 is amended to read as follows: As used in KRS 216.701 to 216.709[this chapter]: (1) "Cabinet" means the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; (2) "Health care worker" means any person, whether licensed or unlicensed, temporarily or permanently employed by, volunteering in, or under contract with a health facility, who has direct contact with a patient of the health facility for purposes of either medical care or emergency response situations potentially involving violence; (3)[(2)] "Health facility" has the same meaning as in KRS 216B.015; (4)[(3)] "Workplace" means any property that is owned or leased by the health facility at which the official business of the health care worker is conducted; (5)[(4)] "Workplace safety" means the process of protecting health care workers' physical well-being from workplace violence; and (6)[(5)] "Workplace violence" means any act or threat of physical violence, harassment, intimidation, or other threatening disruptive behavior that occurs at the workplace. Section 2. KRS 216.703 is amended to read as follows: (1) [By January 1, 2024, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall develop and disperse the following information to health (b) Examples of a workplace safety plan; and (c) Examples of workplace safety …
Sponsors
- Jason Nemes (R, HD-033) · primary sponsor
- Steve Bratcher (R, HD-025)
- Ken Fleming (R, HD-048)
Latest actions
- : to Health Services (S)
- : to Committee on Committees (S)
- : received in Senate
- : 3rd reading, passed 98-0 with Committee Substitute (1)
- : posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Monday, March 09 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
- : to Health Services (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Votes
- House: Pass RCS# 217 (March 9, 2026): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Occupations And Professions, Health Care Professionals, Hospitals And Health Facilities, Safety, Health And Medical Services, Labor And Industry, Occupational Safety And Health, Workforce
Common questions
- What is HB713?
- HB713 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to workplace violence against health care professionals.
- What does HB713 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to workplace violence against health care professionals.
- What is the status of HB713?
- In committee as of March 16, 2026. Latest action: to Health Services (S) (March 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB713?
- Jason Nemes (R, HD-033), with 2 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB713?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb713.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.