Status: Enacted and in effect. Codified at La. R.S. 40:2199.11 through 40:2199.19. As of May 2026, the Lynne Truxillo Act remains fully enforceable through Louisiana Department of Health licensing of all covered healthcare facilities.
Bill Number: 2022 HB 312 (Act 461) and 2022 HB 1041 (Act 129)
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Category: Healthcare Workplace Violence
Industries: Healthcare (Hospitals, Nursing Homes, Ambulatory Surgical Centers, Behavioral Health, and other licensed healthcare facilities)
Enacted Date: Signed 2022 (Act 461 and Act 129)
Effective Date: August 1, 2022
Summary: The Lynne Truxillo Act was named for a Baton Rouge registered nurse who died from injuries sustained while attempting to protect a coworker from a patient assault. The statute creates a comprehensive workplace violence prevention framework for every healthcare facility licensed in Louisiana, requiring written prevention plans, posted cautionary signage, mandatory 24-hour reporting of serious incidents, employee training, and explicit anti-retaliation protections. Louisiana joined California, Oregon, New York, and Texas as one of the first states to enact a statutory healthcare workplace violence prevention regime — a model that has since been adopted in Vermont, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts (pending), and others while federal OSHA rulemaking (RIN 1218-AD08) remains in Long-Term Action status.
Key Provisions:
- Written Prevention Plan (R.S. 40:2199.15): Every licensed healthcare facility must develop, implement, and maintain a workplace violence prevention plan that includes ongoing employee education, resources for incident response, and post-incident debriefing protocols.
- Cautionary Signage (R.S. 40:2199.13): Conspicuous signage in publicly accessible areas with letters at least one square inch in size, stating that abuse or assault of healthcare staff will not be tolerated and may result in felony prosecution.
- 24-Hour Incident Reporting (R.S. 40:2199.16): Workplace violence incidents resulting in injury, involving the use of a firearm or other dangerous weapon, or presenting an urgent or emergent threat to facility personnel must be reported to the Louisiana Department of Health within 24 hours.
- Public Information (R.S. 40:2199.14): The Louisiana Department of Health is directed to make available public information on workplace violence prevention in healthcare settings.
- Anti-Retaliation (R.S. 40:2199.17): Employers are prohibited from retaliating against any healthcare worker who reports workplace violence or cooperates with an incident investigation.
- Criminal Penalties (Companion): Companion legislation enhanced criminal penalties for battery of healthcare personnel acting in the course of their duties.
Affected Entities: All Louisiana healthcare facilities licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health, including general hospitals, behavioral health hospitals, nursing homes, ambulatory surgical centers, and other licensed clinical settings.
Funding Outlook: The statute does not appropriate state funds for compliance. Healthcare systems cover plan development, training, signage, security infrastructure, and reporting through operating budgets and risk-management investments. Federal Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) funds remain the primary external pathways for security technology investments tied to prevention plans.
IntelliSee Relevance: High. The Lynne Truxillo Act’s prevention-plan structure expects covered facilities to identify hazards, deploy controls, and document incidents in support of the 24-hour reporting mandate. IntelliSee’s AI weapon detection, fall detection, and aggressive-behavior monitoring run on a hospital’s existing IP camera infrastructure and produce time-stamped, exportable alert and incident records that satisfy documentation, debriefing, and regulator-reporting expectations. Continuous AI monitoring functions as an engineering control that materially strengthens any written prevention plan and shortens time-to-response on the kinds of armed-threat and serious-injury events the statute’s reporting trigger contemplates. IntelliSee uses no facial recognition, which keeps deployments clean against Louisiana hospital privacy expectations.
Related Legislation & Resources
- Texas Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention (SB 240)
- California Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention (SB 553)
- New York Hospital Violence Prevention Program Act (S5294-B / A203-B)
- Oregon Healthcare Workplace Violence Prevention (SB 537)
- Vermont Hospital Workplace Violence Prevention Act (H.259 / Act 9)
- The Joint Commission Workplace Violence Prevention Requirements (NPG 2a)
- OSHA Workplace Violence Prevention Standard (Rulemaking, RIN 1218-AD08)
- IntelliSee AI Gun Detection