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A01898 Summary:

BILL NOA01898B
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06342
 
SPONSORGunther (MS)
 
COSPNSRNolan, Clark, Colton, Eddington, Wright, Boyland, Ortiz, Fields, Towns, Ramos, Hoyt, Gabryszak, Greene, Christensen, Dinowitz, Weisenberg, Scarborough, Hooper, Jeffries, Pheffer, Stirpe, Gottfried, Peoples, Jaffee, Titus, Perry, Englebright, Schroeder, Zebrowski K, Brook-Krasny, Powell, Young
 
MLTSPNSRAlfano, Barra, Brennan, Destito, Diaz L, Duprey, Errigo, Giglio, Heastie, Jacobs, John, Koon, Lifton, Lupardo, Maisel, Mayersohn, McDonough, Miller, Millman, Peralta, Rabbitt, Reilly, Rivera
 
Add S167, Lab L; add S6510-e, Ed L
 
Restricts consecutive hours of work by nurses; provides that no health care employer shall require a nurse to remain on duty for a period longer than 8 consecutive hours or 40 hours in a 7 day workweek except as consistent with the nurse's regularly scheduled work hours, and that no such employer shall require a nurse to work more than that nurse's regularly scheduled work hours except in certain specified emergency situations; provides such provisions do not prohibit a nurse from voluntarily working overtime; adds definitions; provides that the refusal of a nurse to work beyond regularly scheduled hours shall not constitute professional misconduct if such nurse notified the supervisor of his or her unavailability under such provisions.
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