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A00921 Summary:
| BILL NO | A00921 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS S04553 |
| SPONSOR | Gottfried (MS) |
| COSPNSR | Gunther, Millman, Jacobs, Clark, Peoples-Stokes, Magnarelli, Markey, Rosenthal, Jaffee, Colton, Benedetto, Reilly, Gabryszak, Lancman, Stevenson, Camara, Miller M, Weprin, Rivera N, Roberts, Bronson, Boyland, Rivera J, Brindisi, Ryan, Skartados |
| MLTSPNSR | Abbate, Abinanti, Arroyo, Barron, Brennan, Brook-Krasny, Burling, Butler, Cahill, Castelli, Cook, Crespo, Cusick, Cymbrowitz, Dinowitz, Englebright, Farrell, Giglio, Glick, Graf, Heastie, Hooper, Johns, Kearns, Kellner, Latimer, Lavine, Lifton, Lupardo, Magee, Maisel, McDonough, McEneny, McKevitt, Meng, Miller J, Montesano, Murray, Nolan, Ortiz, Paulin, Perry, Pretlow, Ra, Rabbitt, Raia, Ramos, Rivera P, Robinson, Russell, Saladino, Scarborough, Schimel, Sweeney, Tedisco, Thiele, Titone, Titus, Weinstein, Weisenberg, Wright |
| Amd Pub Health L, generally; amd S97-aaaa, St Fin L | |
| 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. | |