NY A02264 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly
Status
February 11 2010 - print number 2264a
Pending: Assembly Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Pending: Assembly Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]
Summary
Authorizes the State Department of Health to require all acute care facilities to comply with regulations that utilizes an assessment tool to determine acuity of patient health needs to establish standards for appropriate staffing ratios of nursing staff.
Title
Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" to require acute care facilities 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.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-11 | print number 2264a | |
| 2010-02-11 | amend and recommit to health | |
| 2010-01-06 | referred to health | |
| 2009-06-02 | reported referred to ways and means | |
| 2009-05-12 | reported referred to codes | |
| 2009-01-15 | referred to health |
New York State Sources
| Type | Source |
|---|---|
| Summary | http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A02264 |
| Text | http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A02264&Summary=Y&Text=Y#A02264A |
