Washington § 49.19.080 - Investigation — Data summary.

(1) Every health care setting must conduct a timely investigation of every workplace violence incident.

(2) In each investigation required by this section, the health care setting must review the incident for purposes of identifying factors contributing to or causing workplace violence, including but not limited to an assessment of:

(a) The details of the incident, such as the date, time, location, and nature of the conduct and harm;

(b) The details of any response and related remediation to prevent future incidents; and

(c) If applicable, a comparison of the actual staffing levels to the planned staffing levels at the time of [the] incident.

(3)(a) The health care setting must submit to the committee identified under RCW 49.19.020(1)(b) a summary of the following:

(i) The data required by RCW 49.19.040 and the findings of investigations required by this section during the relevant time period, with any personal information deidentified in compliance with the federal and state law;

(ii) An analysis of any systemic and common causes of the workplace violence incidents; and

(iii) Any relevant recommendations for modifying the plan under RCW 49.19.020 and other practices in order to prevent future incidents of workplace violence.

(b)(i) The summary must be submitted at least twice per year for any of the following health care settings:

(A) A critical access hospital under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1395i-4;

(B) A hospital with fewer than 25 acute care beds in operation;

(C) A hospital certified by the centers for medicare and medicaid services as a sole community hospital that is not owned or operated by a health system that owns or operates more than one acute hospital licensed under chapter 70.41 RCW; or

(D) A hospital located on an island operating within a public hospital district in Skagit county.

(ii) The summary must be submitted at least quarterly for all other health care settings.

(4) This section does not affect or supersede any other state or federal law that prohibits or limits the disclosure of personally identifiable information.

Effective date—2025 c 303: "This act takes effect January 1, 2026." [ 2025 c 303 s 3.]