BILL NO S03691A
SAME AS SAME AS A06571
SPONSOR HANNON
COSPNSR ADDABBO, AVELLA, BALL, BONACIC, BOYLE, BRESLIN, CARLUCCI, DIAZ,
DILAN, ESPAILLAT, GRISANTI, HASSELL-THOMPSON, HOYLMAN, KENNEDY,
KRUEGER, LANZA, LATIMER, MARTINS, MAZIARZ, PERALTA, PERKINS, SAMPSON,
SANDERS, SAVINO, TKACZYK
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.
