SPRINGFIELD — More than a year and a half after two separate incidents involving nurses being taken hostage by inmates who were being treated, a new law will take effect to put protections in place for nurses across the state.House Bill 4100, which was signed by the governor in August and will take effect Jan. 1, will require hospitals and other health-care facilities to provide violence-prevention training and prohibits employers from discouraging nurses or other health-care workers from reporting incidents to …