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S04553 Summary:
| BILL NO | S04553 |
| SAME AS | SAME AS A00921 |
| SPONSOR | HANNON |
| COSPNSR | ADAMS, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BALL, CARLUCCI, DEFRANCISCO, DIAZ, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, GOLDEN, GRISANTI, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HUNTLEY, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LANZA, MARTINS, MONTGOMERY, OPPENHEIMER, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, SAVINO, SERRANO, STAVISKY, VALESKY |
| MLTSPNSR | |
| 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. | |