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H.R.1899
Sponsor: Rep Stark, Fortney Pete(introduced 5/20/1999)
Related Bills: S.1140
Latest Major Action: 6/15/1999 Referred to House subcommittee. Latest Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Title: To require the Secretary of Labor to issue regulations to eliminate or minimize the significant risk of needlestick injury to health care workers.
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5/20/1999:
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Commerce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
5/20/1999:
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
6/4/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
5/20/1999:
Referred to House Commerce
6/15/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
5/20/1999:
Referred to House Ways and Means
5/27/1999:
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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COSPONSORS(187), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil - 6/14/1999 Rep Ackerman, Gary L. - 6/8/1999
Rep Allen, Thomas H. - 9/8/1999 Rep Andrews, Robert E. - 5/20/1999
Rep Baca, Joe - 1/27/2000 Rep Baird, Brian - 6/8/1999
Rep Baldacci, John Elias - 7/30/1999 Rep Baldwin, Tammy - 9/8/1999
Rep Barrett, Bill - 10/27/1999 Rep Barrett, Thomas M. - 9/14/1999
Rep Barton, Joe - 8/3/1999 Rep Bentsen, Ken - 7/12/2000
Rep Bereuter, Doug - 11/10/1999 Rep Berkley, Shelley - 10/25/1999
Rep Berman, Howard L. - 9/24/1999 Rep Bilbray, Brian P. - 7/29/1999
Rep Blumenauer, Earl - 5/18/2000 Rep Boehlert, Sherwood L. - 9/14/1999
Rep Bonior, David E. - 6/18/1999 Rep Borski, Robert A. - 6/14/1999
Rep Brady, Robert - 6/14/1999 Rep Brown, George E., Jr. - 6/24/1999
Rep Brown, Sherrod - 9/8/1999 Rep Campbell, Tom - 7/30/1999
Rep Capps, Lois - 6/8/1999 Rep Capuano, Michael E. - 6/14/1999
Rep Carson, Julia - 3/14/2000 Rep Castle, Michael N. - 11/17/1999
Rep Christensen, Donna MC - 7/29/1999 Rep Clay, William (Bill) - 3/16/2000
Rep Clayton, Eva M. - 1/27/2000 Rep Clement, Bob - 10/12/1999
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 5/3/2000 Rep Coyne, William J. - 9/8/1999
Rep Crowley, Joseph - 6/8/1999 Rep Cummings, Elijah E. - 7/16/1999
Rep Cunningham, Randy (Duke) - 2/29/2000 Rep Davis, Danny K. - 6/24/1999
Rep Davis, Jim - 6/24/1999 Rep DeFazio, Peter A. - 6/8/1999
Rep DeGette, Diana - 9/8/1999 Rep Delahunt, William D. - 7/13/1999
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. - 6/14/1999 Rep Deutsch, Peter - 2/16/2000
Rep Dicks, Norman D. - 9/28/1999 Rep Dingell, John D. - 10/25/1999
Rep Dixon, Julian C. - 6/24/1999 Rep Doyle, Michael F. - 6/14/1999
Rep Edwards, Chet - 11/16/1999 Rep Ehrlich, Robert L., Jr. - 6/8/1999
Rep Engel, Eliot L. - 6/24/1999 Rep English, Phil - 6/8/1999
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. - 9/9/1999 Rep Evans, Lane - 5/3/2000
Rep Farr, Sam - 6/14/1999 Rep Fattah, Chaka - 6/20/2000
Rep Filner, Bob - 7/29/1999 Rep Foley, Mark - 9/8/1999
Rep Forbes, Michael P. - 6/8/1999 Rep Frank, Barney - 6/8/1999
Rep Frost, Martin - 6/14/1999 Rep Gejdenson, Sam - 8/3/1999
Rep Gilman, Benjamin A. - 6/18/1999 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. - 1/27/2000
Rep Gordon, Bart - 6/8/1999 Rep Greenwood, James C. - 1/27/2000
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. - 7/13/1999 Rep Hall, Tony P. - 9/8/1999
Rep Hilliard, Earl F. - 7/29/1999 Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. - 6/8/1999
Rep Hoeffel, Joseph M. - 11/17/1999 Rep Holden, Tim - 11/2/1999
Rep Holt, Rush D. - 7/16/1999 Rep Hooley, Darlene - 7/1/1999
Rep Horn, Stephen - 9/21/1999 Rep Inslee, Jay - 7/1/1999
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - 9/8/1999 Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - 7/13/1999
Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice - 7/16/1999 Rep Johnson, Nancy L. - 6/9/1999
Rep Kaptur, Marcy - 6/24/1999 Rep Kelly, Sue W. - 7/29/1999
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. - 6/18/1999 Rep Kildee, Dale E. - 6/8/1999
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. - 6/8/1999 Rep Kind, Ron - 9/8/1999
Rep King, Peter T. - 7/1/1999 Rep Kleczka, Gerald D. - 6/8/1999
Rep Klink, Ron - 6/14/1999 Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - 7/29/1999
Rep LaFalce, John J. - 10/27/1999 Rep LaHood, Ray - 3/14/2000
Rep Lampson, Nick - 6/24/1999 Rep Lantos, Tom - 6/9/1999
Rep Larson, John B. - 6/18/1999 Rep LaTourette, Steve C. - 6/8/1999
Rep Leach, James A. - 9/8/1999 Rep Lee, Barbara - 6/18/1999
Rep Levin, Sander M. - 6/20/2000 Rep Lewis, John - 6/8/1999
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. - 7/30/1999 Rep Lofgren, Zoe - 9/8/1999
Rep Lowey, Nita M. - 10/27/1999 Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. - 6/18/1999
Rep Maloney, James H. - 6/8/1999 Rep Markey, Edward J. - 7/16/1999
Rep Martinez, Matthew G. - 9/8/1999 Rep Mascara, Frank - 6/8/1999
Rep Matsui, Robert T. - 6/8/1999 Rep McCarthy, Carolyn - 6/9/1999
Rep McCarthy, Karen - 6/8/1999 Rep McDermott, Jim - 6/8/1999
Rep McGovern, James P. - 6/8/1999 Rep McHugh, John M. - 6/14/1999
Rep McKinney, Cynthia A. - 10/12/1999 Rep McNulty, Michael R. - 6/8/1999
Rep Meehan, Martin T. - 7/16/1999 Rep Meek, Carrie P. - 9/14/1999
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. - 11/9/1999 Rep Menendez, Robert - 3/14/2000
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita - 6/24/1999 Rep Miller, George - 5/20/1999
Rep Mink, Patsy T. - 7/13/1999 Rep Moakley, John Joseph - 2/15/2000
Rep Moore, Dennis - 9/8/1999 Rep Morella, Constance A. - 9/14/1999
Rep Nadler, Jerrold - 1/27/2000 Rep Napolitano, Grace F. - 2/29/2000
Rep Neal, Richard E. - 6/14/1999 Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes - 10/1/1999
Rep Oberstar, James L. - 7/13/1999 Rep Olver, John W. - 8/3/1999
Rep Owens, Major R. - 7/1/1999 Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. - 1/27/2000
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. - 9/21/1999 Rep Payne, Donald M. - 6/8/1999
Rep Pelosi, Nancy - 6/8/1999 Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 6/8/1999
Rep Price, David E. - 11/2/1999 Rep Quinn, Jack - 6/8/1999
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II - 6/24/1999 Rep Reynolds, Thomas M. - 4/10/2000
Rep Rivers, Lynn N. - 9/8/1999 Rep Rodriguez, Ciro - 2/29/2000
Rep Romero-Barcelo, Carlos A. - 6/19/2000 Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana - 7/18/2000
Rep Rothman, Steve R. - 6/8/1999 Rep Roukema, Marge - 5/20/1999
Rep Sabo, Martin Olav - 3/14/2000 Rep Sanchez, Loretta - 7/16/1999
Rep Sanders, Bernard - 9/8/1999 Rep Sandlin, Max - 7/1/1999
Rep Sawyer, Tom - 6/13/2000 Rep Saxton, Jim - 3/29/2000
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. - 6/8/1999 Rep Serrano, Jose E. - 7/1/1999
Rep Shays, Christopher - 10/1/1999 Rep Sherman, Brad - 6/14/1999
Rep Shows, Ronnie - 9/8/1999 Rep Sisisky, Norman - 9/8/1999
Rep Skelton, Ike - 10/12/1999 Rep Slaughter, Louise McIntosh - 6/8/1999
Rep Smith, Adam - 2/10/2000 Rep Smith, Christopher H. - 6/24/1999
Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. - 9/9/1999 Rep Stabenow, Debbie - 3/14/2000
Rep Sweeney, John E. - 9/24/1999 Rep Tauscher, Ellen O. - 3/16/2000
Rep Thompson, Bennie G. - 6/24/1999 Rep Thompson, Mike - 6/8/1999
Rep Thurman, Karen L. - 10/12/1999 Rep Tierney, John F. - 6/8/1999
Rep Towns, Edolphus - 9/8/1999 Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. - 6/8/1999
Rep Turner, Jim - 6/18/1999 Rep Udall, Mark - 9/14/1999
Rep Udall, Tom - 7/1/1999 Rep Velazquez, Nydia M. - 10/1/1999
Rep Vento, Bruce F. - 6/14/1999 Rep Walsh, James T. - 6/24/1999
Rep Waxman, Henry A. - 6/14/1999 Rep Weiner, Anthony D. - 6/8/1999
Rep Weldon, Curt - 6/8/1999 Rep Wexler, Robert - 7/13/1999
Rep Weygand, Robert A. - 3/14/2000 Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. - 9/24/1999
Rep Wu, David - 6/8/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/20/1999--Introduced.

Health Care Worker Needlestick Prevention Act - Directs the Secretary of Labor, acting through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to amend the bloodborne pathogens standard to require that: (1) employers utilize needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury protections in their work sites to prevent the spread of bloodborne pathogens; and (2) non-managerial direct care health care workers of employers participate in the identification and evaluation of such systems and sharps. Provides an exemption where an employer demonstrates that needleless systems and sharps: (1) do not promote employee safety, interfere with patient safety, or interfere with the success of a medical procedure under certain circumstances in the employer's work facility; or (2) are not commercially available to the employer.

(Sec. 2) Includes under such revised standard requirements relating to: (1) exposure control plans; (2) sharps injury logs; and (3) worker training in the use of such systems and sharps.

(Sec. 3) Requires the Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) to establish and maintain a national database on existing needleless systems and sharps with engineered sharps injury protections. Requires the Director to: (1) develop a set of evaluation criteria for use by employers, employees, and other persons in evaluating and selecting such systems and sharps; (2) develop a model training curriculum to train employers, employees, and other persons in such evaluation process, and provide requested technical assistance to the extent feasible; and (3) establish a national system to collect comprehensive data on needlestick injuries to health care workers, including data on mechanisms to analyze and evaluate prevention. Authorizes NIOSH access to information recorded by employers in sharps injury logs. Authorizes appropriations.

(Sec. 5) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require hospitals, as a condition of their Medicare program participation, to comply with the bloodborne pathogen standard as amended under this Act with respect to hospital employees, even if they are not otherwise subject to such standard because they are exempt from OSHA regulation.