Whistleblower Protection Act

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The legislative process by which a bill becomes law is as follows. A body of people get together information on a subject, in the case of HR 137, patient safety and health care whistleblower protection, a House bill, and they present it to a representative (How, 2003). The bill is introduces by the representative. The title of the bill is read and this constitutes the first reading. The speaker of the House then refers the bill to a standing committee. The committee then holds public meetings to receive testimony and to debate the bill. Committees may report the bill to the floor either with favorable recommendations, they may report a substitute bill, or they may recommend that the bill be referred to another committee. They may also reject the bill or take no action on it, and the chamber may discharge a bill from committee by a majority of the voters "elected and serving." A bill dies if it remains in committee at the end of a legislative session.

A second reading occurs if a bill is reported out of committee (How, 2003). The full chamber considers the c

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care (Patient, 1999). It protects worker who disclosed information, advocated for patients, or initiated cooperated with, or participated in any governmental investigation or proceeding regarding the care, service or conditions of a health care entity if: (1) the information is true; and (2) the information disclosed evidences a violation of a law, rule, or professional standard or relates to matters endangering patients, workers, or the public (H.R./Summary, 1999). The bill prohibits contracts, policies, and procedures restricting the actions for which retaliation or discrimination is prohibited (H.R./Summary, 1999). It declares that these provisions do not protect disclosures violating confidentiality law. The bill prohibits disclosing the identity of the worker, subject to exception. It provides for enforcement through private, civil actions and, for certain willful and repeated violations, criminal penalties. It declares that this Act does not preempt other laws and allows States to enforce laws providing equivalent or greater worker protection. Whistleblower laws are essential to the practice of nursing for the well-being of the nursing staff and for the safety and health care of the patients. If nurses witness a
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