Assembly BillIntroduced
A 7577: Requires the establishment of workplace violence prevention plans for health care facilities licensed under article 28 of the public health law; requires such plans to be updated annually and to include safety and security assessments and policies to address and reduce risks identified in the assessment.
What A 7577 does, verified January 8, 2026
The bill requires healthcare facilities to establish a workplace violence prevention plan. The plan must be updated annually and include a safety and security assessment, policies to address and reduce risks, and policies for reporting violent incidents. Facilities must make the plan available to employees and the department upon request. The plan must be created in consultation with affected employees and their recognized collective bargaining agent, if any. The plan's contents and requirements must be completed by January 4, 2026.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to health (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 7577
- What is the current status of A 7577?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 7577 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to health".
- Did A 7577 pass?
- Not yet. A 7577 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 7577, and where is it now?
- A 7577 was authored by Asm. Amanda Septimo. Its committee of record is Assembly Health.
Author and sponsors
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to health |
| Apr. 01, 2025 | referred to health |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, April 1, 2025 · 303 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7577 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 1, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SEPTIMO -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the establishment of workplace violence prevention plans for certain health care facilities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The public health law is amended by adding a new section 2 2832 to read as follows: 3 § 2832. Workplace violence prevention plans. 1. Beginning January 4 first, two thousand twenty-six, every facility licensed under this arti- 5 cle, in consultation with such facility's affected employees, including 6 the recognized collective bargaining agent or agents, if any, shall 7 establish a workplace violence prevention plan. Such plan shall be 8 updated annually and shall include: 9 (a) a facility safety and security assessment to identify and evaluate 10 risks including to the facility's layout, the impact of sufficient 11 staffing, the crime rate in the surrounding areas, and the adequacy of 12 current training and protective measures; 13 (b) policies to address and reduce risks identified in the assessment 14 including training, increased staffing and security, equipment and 15 facility modifications; and 16 (c) policies on the reporting of violent incidents including but not 17 limited to facility security, facility administration, local law 18 enforcement and to the department. 19 2. Every facility shall make the workplace violence prevention plan 20 available, upon request, to its employees and to the department. 21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11238-01-5
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