From MedPage Today:
All About the SAVE Act
Boucot was one of several speakers calling on Congress to pass the Safety From Violence for Healthcare Employees Actopens in a new tab or window, or the SAVE Act, which would make it a federal crime punishable by up to 20 years in prison to physically assault a healthcare worker. The legislation includes exceptions for those with physical, mental, or intellectual disabilities. It also would require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a study on the law's effectiveness.
"All we're asking for is the same protections that workers in aircraft industries and workers at the airports [have] ... The violence they may [experience] -- they're able to basically say, 'We have a federal law that protects us,'" said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the chief sponsor of the bill in the Senate, who attended the press conference. "That's all we're asking for -- the same federal protections that other industries have."
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