Florida House Bill 187 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Designates act as "Florida Hospital Patient Protection Act"; requires minimum staffing levels of direct care registered nurses in health care facility; prohibits facility from imposing mandatory overtime; specifies required ratios of direct care registered nurses to patients; prohibits health care facility from using video cameras or monitors as substitutes for required level of care; requires annual evaluation of staffing levels; requires AHCA to develop uniform standards for nurse staffing requirements; prohibits health care facility from assigning unlicensed personnel to perform functions of licensed or registered nurse; authorizes direct care registered nurse to assign activities to other nursing staff; provides that direct care registered nurse has right of action against facility that violates provisions of act; prohibits facility from interfering with nurses' right to organize or bargain collectively; authorizes agency to impose fines.

Staffing Ratios in Health Care Facilities

Rep. Barbara Watson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11	House	Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
2016-01-12	House	Introduced
2015-09-24	House	Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2015-09-17	House	Filed

S1658 (Similar To) 2016-03-11 - Died in Health Policy

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
395	1014		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/187
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2016/0187/BillText/Filed/PDF