Florida House Bill 875 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-05-05 - Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Designates act "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 nurses to patients; prohibits 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 facility from assigning unlicensed personnel to perform functions of licensed or registered nurse; provides that 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.

Delivery of Nursing Services

Rep. Barbara Watson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-05	House	Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
2017-05-05	House	Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
2017-03-07	House	Introduced
2017-03-01	House	Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2017-02-17	House	Filed

S1754 (Similar To) 2017-05-05 - 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/2017/875
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2017/0875/BillText/Filed/PDF