To continue building support for the Healthcare Worker Safety and Sustainability Act, AB 6995, TRSA’s Vice President of Government Relations Kevin Schwalb recently met with New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D) to discuss the importance of the legislation.

The bill, sponsored by State Sen. Cordell Cleare (D) and Assemblymember Amanda Septimo (D), would require healthcare facilities to maintain a 50% operating threshold of reusable healthcare textiles in their operations.

“Speaker Heastie and I had a good conversation about the importance that linen, uniform and facility services plays in keeping healthcare workers safe; he remembers the pictures of nurses in ...