Kincaid Exploratory Committee

Nurse Assault Prevention and Accountability Act of 2027 Protecting the People Who Take Care of Us Overview Every day across America, nurses, certified nursing assistants (CNAs), and frontline healthcare workers walk into hospitals, clinics, and longterm care facilities not knowing if they’ll be respected or if they’ll be threatened, spat on, shoved, or worse.  They’re not asking for praise. They’re asking for protection.  According to recent data nearly three out of four workplace violence incidents in the private sector happen in healthcare. Seventy-five percent. Nurses are punched. CNAs are attacked. ER staff are threatened not just during pandemics, but during regular shifts, in everyday America.  And yet  in many states  if someone assaults a nurse, if they throw a punch, slap, or spit on them. There may be no serious consequences at all. In too many places  it’s treated like a minor misdemeanor. If it’s even prosecuted at all.  That must change. P...