US Congress House Bill 1821 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-1)
Status: Introduced on April 30 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-06-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each Medicare participating hospital to implement a hospital-wide staffing plan for nursing services furnished in the hospital. Requires the plan to require that an appropriate number of registered nurses provide direct patient care in each unit and on each shift of the hospital to ensure staffing levels that: (1) address the unique characteristics of the patients and hospital units; and (2) result in the delivery of safe, quality patient care consistent with specified requirements. Requires each participating hospital to establish a hospital nurse staffing committee which shall implement such plan. Specifies civil monetary and other penalties for violation of the requirements of this Act. Sets forth whistleblower protections against discrimination and retaliation involving patients or employees of the hospital for their grievances, complaints, or involvement in investigations relating to such plan.

Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2013

Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Steven Horsford [D-NV]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. David Joyce [R-OH]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D-NY]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]
Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-06-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-05-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2013-04-30	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2013-04-30	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2013-04-30	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.

SB2353 (Related) 2014-05-15 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/1821/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr1821/BILLS-113hr1821ih.pdf