New York Assembly Bill 8580 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 88-13)
Status: Engrossed on June 14 2016 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-06-14 - REFERRED TO RULES
Pending: Senate Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

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.

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.

Asm. Aileen Gunther [D]	Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Linda Rosenthal [D]	Asm. Anthony Brindisi [D]
Asm. Harry Bronson [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]	Asm. Michael Benedetto [D]	Asm. Ellen Jaffee [D]
Asm. William Magnarelli [D]	Asm. Margaret Markey [D]	Asm. Michael Miller [D]	Asm. David Weprin [D]
Asm. Jose Rivera [D]	Sen. Sean Ryan [D]	Asm. Frank Skartados [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]
Asm. Jeffrion Aubry [D]	Asm. Steven Otis [D]	Sen. James Skoufis [D]	Asm. Phillip Steck [D]
Sen. Shelley Mayer [D]	Asm. Angelo Santabarbara [D]	Asm. Kenneth Zebrowski [D]	Asm. Walter Mosley [D]
Asm. Felix Ortiz [D]	Asm. Michele Titus [D]	Asm. Thomas Abinanti [D]	Asm. Charles Barron [D]
Asm. Rebecca Seawright [D]	Asm. Guillermo Linares [D]	Asm. Latrice Walker [D]	Asm. Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn [D]
Asm. Diane Richardson [D]	Asm. Karl Brabenec [R]	Asm. Michael Montesano [R]	Asm. Alicia Hyndman [D]
Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes [D]	Asm. Victor Pichardo [D]	Asm. Latoya Joyner [D]	Asm. Kimberly Jean-Pierre [D]
Asm. Joseph Lentol [D]	Asm. Nily Rozic [D]	Asm. Pamela Harris [D]	Asm. Ron Kim [D]
Asm. Andrew Hevesi [D]	Asm. Catherine Nolan [D]	Asm. Daniel O'Donnell [D]	Asm. Erik Dilan [D]
Asm. Maritza Davila [D]	Asm. Pamela Hunter [D]	Asm. Michael Blake [D]	Asm. Alice Cancel [D]
Sen. Brian Kavanagh [D]	Asm. Jaime Williams [D]	Asm. Peter Abbate [D]	Asm. Carmen Arroyo [D]
Asm. James Brennan [D]	Asm. David Buchwald [D]	Asm. Marc Butler [R]	Asm. Kevin Cahill [D]
Asm. John Ceretto [R]	Asm. Vivian Cook [D]	Asm. Marcos Crespo [D]	Asm. Michael Cusick [D]
Asm. Steven Cymbrowitz [D]	Asm. Michael DenDekker [D]	Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Asm. Steven Englebright [D]
Asm. Patricia Fahy [D]	Asm. Herman Farrell [D]	Asm. Sandra Galef [D]	Asm. Deborah Glick [D]
Asm. Alfred Graf [R]	Asm. Earlene Hooper [D]	Asm. Mark Johns [R]	Asm. Michael Kearns [D]
Asm. Charles Lavine [D]	Asm. Barbara Lifton [D]	Asm. Donna Lupardo [D]	Asm. Chad Lupinacci [R]
Asm. William Magee [D]	Asm. David McDonough [R]	Asm. Thomas McKevitt [R]	Asm. Amy Paulin [D]
Asm. Nick Perry [D]	Asm. Gary Pretlow [D]	Asm. Edward Ra [R]	Asm. Philip Ramos [D]
Asm. Annette Robinson [D]	Asm. Addie Jenne [D]	Asm. Joseph Saladino [R]	Asm. Jo Simon [D]
Asm. Aravella Simotas [D]	Asm. Michaelle Solages [D]	Sen. James Tedisco [R]	Asm. Fred Thiele [D]
Asm. Matthew Titone [D]	Asm. Helene Weinstein [D]	Asm. Carrie Woerner [D]	Asm. Angela Wozniak [R]
Asm. Keith Wright [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-06-14	Senate	REFERRED TO RULES
2016-06-14	Assembly	delivered to senate
2016-06-14	Assembly	passed assembly
2016-06-14	Assembly	ordered to third reading rules cal.340
2016-06-14	Assembly	rules report cal.340
2016-06-14	Assembly	reported
2016-06-14	Assembly	reported referred to rules
2016-04-05	Assembly	reported referred to ways and means
2016-01-26	Assembly	print number 8580a
2016-01-26	Assembly	amend and recommit to codes
2016-01-21	Assembly	reported referred to codes
2016-01-06	Assembly	referred to health
2015-11-16	Assembly	referred to health

S00782 (Same As) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08580&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08580&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08580
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A08580&term=2015&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A08580A