The MHA has new, updated signage available for MHA members to order at no cost to help hospitals comply with the requirement from Public Acts 271 and 272 of 2023 that hospitals display signage informing individuals they may be subject to higher financial penalties if they assault a healthcare worker or volunteer. With the help of MHA Endorsed Business Partner AMN Healthcare Language Services, translated versions in Spanish and Arabic are also now available. The deadline to have signage posted is March 5, 2024.
Members are asked to coordinate orders within a hospital and/or health system to increase the efficiency of the ordering process and printing. Larger, bulk orders are preferred compared to multiple orders from separate departments within the same organization.
As a reminder, the MHA supported the legislation signed into law by Gov. Whitmer last December as a positive step towards ensuring violence against healthcare workers is not tolerated. The MHA continues to work on more opportunities to protect healthcare workers from violence in the workplace and improving the recruitment, retention and training of healthcare workers.
Members with questions about ordering workplace posters may contact John Karasinski at the MHA. Members with questions about the new laws and legislative activity should contact Adam Carlson or Elizabeth Kutter at the MHA. Members interested in learning more about AMN Language Services should contact Eric Glaser, regional sales director.