Thread by @BoshartDavisAg

As #orleg, we have an opportunity to #PassHB4142 and give hospital workers protections from violence. The message is simple: now is the time and #HB4142 is the path to stronger protections for Oregon's health care heroes. 1/

https://twitter.com/BoshartDavisAg/status/1496360842396585986

#HB4142 expands current ORS 163.165 to provide protections currently afforded to public safety officers, pre-hospital emergency response personnel, public transit vehicle operators, taxi drivers, flaggers or highway workers, to hospital workers. 2/ #orleg

This is not a new felony statute. It already exists. This adds another group of people - hospital workers. And if you read through this thread, I would hope you would agree. Read the stories of assault victims. 3/ #orleg #PassHB4142

https://twitter.com/BoshartDavisAg/status/1496360842396585986?s=20&t=oxMhloZJt7_rt_nrhoXNIw

#HB4142 comes with broad healthcare community and bipartisan support. From the @OregonNurses, Emergency Nurses Assoc, Emergency Physicians, and Hospitals Assoc, including @OHSUNews. #orleg #PassHB4142 4/

Thanks to:
Rep Schouten
@dbonham31
@CedricHaydenOR
@djgrayber
@RepKenHelm
@NobleForOregon
@duckwilde
@BradWitt15
Rep Lewis
@JasonForBend
Rep Moore-Green
Rep Morgan
@karin_power
@Rachel_Prusak
@DavidBrockSmith
For being sponsors on this much needed bill #orleg 5/

With session running out of time, the time is now to move this bill and give hospital workers protections from violence so they can continue to do what they do best without fear - care for Oregonians. #orleg #PassHB4142 6/6

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