BILL NUMBER: SB 1272	CHAPTERED  09/19/00

	CHAPTER   493
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   SEPTEMBER 19, 2000
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   SEPTEMBER 16, 2000
	PASSED THE SENATE   AUGUST 25, 2000
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   AUGUST 21, 2000
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY   MAY 9, 2000
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 28, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ortiz

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Section 6332 to the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1272, Ortiz.  Community health care workers:  violence reports.

   Existing law requires the Division of Labor Statistics and
Research, within the Department of Industrial Relations, to collect,
compile, and present facts and statistics relating to the condition
of labor in the state.
   This bill would require an employer that employs a community
health care worker, as defined, to keep a record of any violence
committed against a community health care worker and to file a copy
of that record with the division.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 6332 is added to the Labor Code, to read:
   6332.  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the following meanings:
   (1) "Community health care worker" means an individual who
provides health care or health care-related services to clients in
home settings.
   (2) "Employer" means a person or entity that employs a community
health care worker.  "Employer" does not include an individual who is
a recipient of home-based services and who is responsible for hiring
his or her own community health care worker.
   (3) "Violence" means a physical assault or a threat of a physical
assault.
   (b) Every employer shall keep a record of any violence committed
against a community health care worker and shall file a copy of that
record with the Division of Labor Statistics and Research in the form
and detail and within the time limits prescribed by the Division of
Labor Statistics and Research.