On Tuesday, Members of the Indiana Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee voted 7 to 1 in favor of a Senate Bill to protect healthcare workers.
Currently, Indiana law provides an enhanced penalty for battery committed against certain licensed healthcare professionals and staff.
If Senate Bill 419 becomes law, these enhanced criminal penalties would be applied to acts of violence and verbal intimidation against all healthcare workers.
They are five times more likely to experience a workplace violence injury than workers in other industries.
Most cases of violence take place in the outpatient setting.
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