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S01032 Summary:
| BILL NO | S01032 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A02954 |
| SPONSOR | RIVERA |
| COSPNSR | ADDABBO, BAILEY, BENJAMIN, BIAGGI, BOYLE, BROOKS, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, GAUGHRAN, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HOYLMAN, JACKSON, KAPLAN, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LIU, MARTINEZ, MAYER, METZGER, MONTGOMERY, MYRIE, RAMOS, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERINO, SERRANO, SKOUFIS, STAVISKY, THOMAS |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| Amd §§2805, 2801-a & 2805, add §§2827 - 2835 & 2895-b, Pub Health 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. | |