HR 5178
106th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
AIDS (Disease)
Accident prevention
Administrative procedure
Biomedical engineering
Blood
Body fluids
Business records
Commerce
Department of Labor
Emergency Management
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Health
Hepatitis
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Law
Medical personnel
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Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act
Introduced: September 14, 2000
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Everywhere this bill has been
19 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 6, 2000
Became Public Law No: 106-430.
Nov 6, 2000
Signed by President.
Oct 27, 2000
Presented to President.
Oct 26, 2000
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Oct 26, 2000
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S11041-11043)
Oct 26, 2000
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S11041-11043)
Oct 4, 2000
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Oct 3, 2000
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Oct 3, 2000
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H8673-8674)
Oct 3, 2000
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H8673-8674)
Oct 3, 2000
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5178.
Oct 3, 2000
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8673-8680)
Oct 3, 2000
Mr. Ballenger moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Sep 19, 2000
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Sep 19, 2000
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Sep 18, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1512-1513)
Sep 15, 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Sep 14, 2000
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Sep 14, 2000
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act - Revises the bloodborne pathogens standard, in effect under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA), to include safer medical devices, such as sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and needleless systems, as examples of engineering controls designed to eliminate or minimize occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens through needlestick and other percutaneous injuries. Requires certain employers to: (1) review and update exposure control plans to reflect changes in technology that eliminate or reduce such exposure, and document their consideration and implementation of appropriate commercially available and effective safer medical devices for such purpose; (2) maintain a sharps injury log, noting the type and brand of device used, where the injury occurred, and an explanation of the incident (exempting employers who are not required to maintain specified OSHA logs); and (3) seek input on such engineering and work practice controls from the affected health care workers (exempting employers who are not required to establish exposure control plans).
Requires such modifications of the standard to: (1) be in force until superseded by regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Labor under OSHA; and (2) take effect without regard to specified procedural requirements.
What's happening now
Became Public Law No: 106-430.
Committees of jurisdiction
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