HB 4069 — Requires a behavioral health employer to implement a written safety policy or plan for the physical safety of individuals working for the behavioral health employer.
Congress · introduced 2026-01-16
Digest: The Act requires a safety plan in certain mental health and SUD treatment settings. (Flesch Readability Score: 65.7). Requires a behavioral health employer to [<i>develop and</i>] implement a written safety <b>policy or</b> plan <b>for the physical safety of individuals working for the behavioral health employer</b>.
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Sponsors
No sponsorships on file.
Action timeline
- · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
- · state_lower — Referred to Behavioral Health.
- · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
- · state_lower — Work Session held.
- · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
- · state_lower — Second reading.
- · state_lower — Third reading. Carried by Javadi. Passed.
- · state_upper — First reading. Referred to President's desk.
- · state_upper — Referred to Early Childhood and Behavioral Health.
- · state_upper — Public Hearing and Work Session held.
- · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
- · state_upper — Second reading.
- · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Patterson. Passed.
- · state_upper — Smith DB, granted unanimous consent to change vote to nay.
- · state_lower — Speaker signed.
- · state_upper — President signed.
- · state_lower — Governor signed.
- · state_lower — Chapter 43, (2026 Laws): Effective date July 1, 2027.
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no