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A01548 Summary:
BILL NO | A01548 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S00782, SAME AS A08580-A |
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SPONSOR | Gottfried |
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COSPNSR | Gunther, Peoples-Stokes, 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, Brabenec, Seawright, Linares, Palumbo, Walker, Bichotte, Richardson |
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MLTSPNSR | Abbate, Arroyo, Brennan, Butler, Cahill, Ceretto, Cook, Crespo, Cusick, Cymbrowitz, Davila, DenDekker, Dinowitz, Englebright, Fahy, Farrell, Glick, Graf, Hooper, Johns, Kearns, Lavine, Lifton, Lupardo, Lupinacci, Magee, McDonough, McKevitt, Montesano, Paulin, Perry, Pretlow, Ra, Ramos, Robinson, Russell, Saladino, Schimel, 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. |