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S03330 Summary:
| BILL NO | S03330 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A01532 |
| SPONSOR | HANNON |
| COSPNSR | ADDABBO, ALCANTARA, AVELLA, BAILEY, BENJAMIN, BONACIC, BOYLE, BRESLIN, BROOKS, CARLUCCI, COMRIE, DILAN, GIANARIS, GRIFFO, HAMILTON, HOYLMAN, JACOBS, KAMINSKY, KAVANAGH, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LANZA, LARKIN, MAYER, MONTGOMERY, MURPHY, PARKER, PERALTA, PERSAUD, ROBACH, SANDERS, SAVINO, SEPULVEDA, SERINO, SERRANO, STAVISKY |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| 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. | |