BILL NO A06571
SAME AS SAME AS S03691-A
SPONSOR Gottfried (MS)
COSPNSR Gunther, Millman, Clark, Jacobs, Peoples-Stokes, Rosenthal, Brindisi,
Bronson, Colton, Benedetto, Camara, Gabryszak, Jaffee, Magnarelli,
Markey, Miller, Weprin, Rivera, Roberts, Ryan, Skartados, Sepulveda,
Aubry, Otis, Skoufis, Steck, Gibson, Mayer, Santabarbara
MLTSPNSR Abbate, Abinanti, Arroyo, Barron, Boyland, Brennan, Brook-Krasny,
Butler, Cahill, Cook, Crespo, Cusick, Cymbrowitz, Dinowitz,
Englebright, Fahy, Farrell, Glick, Graf, Heastie, Hooper, Johns,
Kearns, Kellner, Lavine, Lifton, Lupardo, Lupinacci, Magee, Maisel,
McDonough, McKevitt, Montesano, Mosley, Nolan, Ortiz, Paulin, Perry,
Pretlow, Ra, Rabbitt, Ramos, Robinson, Russell, Saladino,
Scarborough, Schimel, Solages, Sweeney, Tedisco, Thiele, Titone,
Titus, Weinstein, Weisenberg, Wright
Amd Pub Health L, generally
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.
