§ 7114. Safety policies for employees delivering direct social or mental health services

(a) The Secretary of Human Services, in consultation with each department of the Agency, shall establish and maintain a workplace violence prevention and crisis response policy for the benefit of employees delivering direct social or mental health services pursuant to 33 V.S.A. § 8201.

(b) The Secretary shall ensure that the Agency’s contracts with providers described in 33 V.S.A. § 8201(a)(2) require the providers to establish and maintain a written workplace violence prevention and crisis response policy for the benefit of employees delivering direct social or mental health services pursuant to 33 V.S.A. § 8201. (Added 2015, No. 109 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.)