US Congress House Bill 2392 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 58-0)
Status: Introduced on May 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017 This bill 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. Hospitals must post a notice regarding nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit and maintain records of actual ratios for each shift in each unit. HHS must adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs incurred in providing services to Medicare beneficiaries that are attributable to compliance with these ratios. The bill states that nurses have a duty and a right to act based on their professional judgment and provide care in the exclusive interests of patients. Nurses may object to, or refuse to participate in, an assignment if it would violate minimum ratios or if they are not prepared by education or experience to fulfill the assignment without compromising the safety of a patient or jeopardizing their nurse's license. Hospitals may not: (1) take specified actions against a nurse based on the nurse's refusal to accept an assignment for such a reason; or (2) discriminate against individuals for good faith complaints relating to the care, services, or conditions of the hospital or related facilities. HHS must publish the names of hospitals penalized for violating the requirements in this bill. The bill adds stipends to the nurse workforce loan repayment and scholarship program. The nurse retention grant program is expanded to authorize programs to implement nurse preceptorship and mentorship projects.

Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017

Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]
Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]
Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-05-18	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-05-05	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2017-05-04	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.
2017-05-04	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.
2017-05-04	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.
2017-05-04	House	Introduced in House

SB1063 (Same As) 2017-05-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/2392/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr2392/BILLS-115hr2392ih.pdf