New York Senate Bill 3843 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-2)
Status: Introduced on April 2 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Pending: Senate Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

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.

Sen. Eric Adams [D]	Sen. Joseph Addabbo [D]	Sen. Thomas Duane [D]	Sen. Brian Foley [D]
Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson [D]	Sen. Andrew Lanza [R]	Sen. George Maziarz [R]	Sen. Suzi Oppenheimer [D]
Sen. Kevin Parker [D]	Sen. Jose Peralta [D]	Sen. Bill Perkins [D]	Sen. Diane Savino [D]
Sen. Jose Serrano [D]	Sen. William Stachowski [D]	Sen. Antoine Thompson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-06		REFERRED TO HEALTH
2009-04-02		REFERRED TO HEALTH

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S03843&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S03843&term=2009&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S03843