BILL NO A11711
SAME AS SAME AS UNI. S08637
SPONSOR Rules (Gunther)
COSPNSR Silver, John, Nolan, 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, Markey, Cahill, Schimel,
Kavanagh, Alfano, Barra, Bing, Brennan, Destito, Diaz L, Duprey,
Errigo, Farrell, Giglio, Hayes, Heastie, Jacobs, Koon, Lifton,
Lupardo, Maisel, Mayersohn, McDonough, Miller, Millman, Morelle,
Peralta, Rabbitt, Reilly, Rivera J, Rosenthal, Saladino, Spano,
Sweeney, Walker, Weinstein
MLTSPNSR
Add S167, Lab L; add S6510-e, Ed L
Restricts consecutive hours of work by nurses; provides 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 shall 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 solely constitute patient abandonment or neglect.
