US HB1602 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 43-0)
Status: Introduced on March 25 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on March 25 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-07 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2015 Amends the Public Health Service Act to require hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Requires HHS to develop a transparent method for establishing nurse staffing requirements above minimum ratios. Directs HHS to adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs incurred in providing services to Medicare beneficiaries that are attributable to compliance with such ratios. Allows a nurse to object to, or refuse to participate in, any assignment if it would violate minimum ratios or if the nurse is not prepared by education or experience to fulfill the assignment without compromising the safety of a patient or jeopardizing the nurse's license. Prohibits a hospital from: (1) taking specified actions against a nurse based on the nurse's refusal to accept an assignment for such a reason; or (2) discriminating against any individual for good faith complaints relating to the care, services, or conditions of the hospital or of any related facilities. Adds stipends to the nurse workforce loan repayment and scholarship program. Expands the nurse retention grant program to authorize programs to implement nurse preceptorship and mentorship projects.
Title
Nurse Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2015
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2015-04-07 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2015-03-27 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. |
2015-03-25 | House | Referred to House Ways and Means |
2015-03-25 | House | Referred to House Energy and Commerce |
2015-03-25 | House | Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. |
2015-03-25 | House | Introduced in House |
Same As/Similar To
SB864 (Related) 2015-03-25 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Indian social and development programs
Labor-management relations
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Military medicine
Minority health
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care
Civil actions and liability
Department of Health and Human Services
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Health
Health care quality
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Health technology, devices, supplies
Hospital care
Indian social and development programs
Labor-management relations
Medicaid
Medical education
Medicare
Military medicine
Minority health
Nursing
Student aid and college costs
Veterans' medical care
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1602/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr1602/BILLS-114hr1602ih.pdf |