MD SB720 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-06 - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Hearing: Mar 4 @ 1:00 pm Senate Finance Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on January 31 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-06 - Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Hearing: Mar 4 @ 1:00 pm Senate Finance Hearing
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee for developing a clinical staffing plan for the hospital that establishes the appropriate number of clinicians needed to administer quality health care by setting and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring each clinical staffing committee to implement a clinical staffing plan beginning January 1, 2026; and requiring the clinical staffing plan be posted on the hospital's website.
Title
Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2025)
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
---|---|---|
2025-02-06 | Senate | Hearing 3/04 at 1:00 p.m. |
2025-01-31 | Senate | First Reading Finance |
Same As/Similar To
HB905 (Crossfiled) 2025-02-12 - Hearing 2/21 at 2:00 p.m.
Subjects
Committees and Commissions
Disclosure
Health Occupations
Hospitals
internet
Notices
Nurses
Public Health
Standards and Best Practices
studies
Work, Labor, and Employment
Disclosure
Health Occupations
Hospitals
internet
Notices
Nurses
Public Health
Standards and Best Practices
studies
Work, Labor, and Employment
Code Citations
Chapter | Article | Section | Citation Type | Statute Text |
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Health - General | 19 | 388 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Health - General | 19 | 389 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Health - General | 19 | 390 | (n/a) | See Bill Text |
Maryland State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0720?ys=2025RS |
Text | https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2025RS/bills/sb/sb0720f.pdf |