#MeToo hits healthcare

State lawmakers are taking action to prevent healthcare workers from sexually assaulting patients following high-profile cases in which doctors abused patients under the guise of medical treatment or took advantage of disabled adults.

In Arizona, Democratic state Rep. Jennifer Longdon has filed a bill that would require healthcare workers who care for vulnerable adults to undergo yearly training about neglect and abuse. A second bill would classify the failure to report abuse of a vulnerable person as a felony rather than a misdemeanor, bringing it into line with the failure to report sexual abuse against a child.