| BILL NO | A08580A |
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| SAME AS | SAME AS S00782
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| SPONSOR | Gunther |
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| COSPNSR | Gottfried, Rosenthal, Brindisi, Bronson, Colton, Benedetto, Jaffee, Magnarelli, Markey, Miller,
Weprin, Rivera, Ryan, Skartados, Sepulveda, Aubry, Otis, Skoufis, Steck, Mayer, Santabarbara,
Zebrowski, Mosley, Ortiz, Titus, Abinanti, Barron, Seawright, Linares, Walker, Bichotte,
Richardson, Brabenec, Montesano, Hyndman, Peoples-Stokes, Pichardo, Joyner, Jean-Pierre, Lentol,
Rozic, Harris, Kim, Hevesi, Nolan, O'Donnell, Dilan, Davila, Hunter, Blake, Cancel, Kavanagh,
Williams |
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| MLTSPNSR | Abbate, Arroyo, Brennan, Buchwald, Butler, Cahill, Ceretto, Cook, Crespo, Cusick, Cymbrowitz,
DenDekker, Dinowitz, Englebright, Fahy, Farrell, Galef, Glick, Graf, Hooper, Johns, Kearns, Lavine,
Lifton, Lupardo, Lupinacci, Magee, McDonough, McKevitt, Paulin, Perry, Pretlow, Ra, Ramos,
Robinson, Russell, Saladino, Simon, Simotas, Solages, Tedisco, Thiele, Titone, Weinstein, Woerner,
Wozniak, Wright |
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| Amd Pub Health L, generally |
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| Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" to require acute care facilities and nursing homes to implement certain direct-care nurse to patient ratios in all nursing units; sets minimum staffing requirements; requires every such facility to submit a documented staffing plan to the department on an annual basis and upon application for an operating certificate; requires acute care facilities to maintain staffing records during all shifts; authorizes nurses to refuse work assignments if the assignment exceeds the nurse's abilities or if minimum staffing is not present; requires public access to documented staffing plans; imposes civil penalties for violations of such provisions; establishes private right of action for nurses discriminated against for refusing any illegal work assignment. |
