On the recordNovember 20, 2019
The cost per facility, which Dr. Burgess referred to, which was reduced because of the reducing of the scope of the bill, is $9,000 per facility per year. So when we talk about the healthcare sector and how much money gets spent in it, how many patients come through the door--and these are not the small independent practice doctors offices. These are healthcare facilities. The fact of the matter is it is $9,000 a year for 2 years, then it goes down to $3,000 a year in terms of cost and expense. What is the benefit? Lower workers' comp cost, less absenteeism, and trying to improve the morale of the people who are doing the right thing in this country in terms of providing care for those who need to be healed, consoled, and cured. We need to pass this bill. Again, we made Mr. Byrne's amendment in order, but we need to reject that amendment which throws it back to OSHA, whose batting average is really a disgrace in terms of getting rules through the process.
