US SB1063 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on May 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on May 4 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-05-04 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
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.
Title
Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2017
Sponsors
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] | Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA] | Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI] | Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] |
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-05-04 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. |
Same As/Similar To
HB2392 (Same As) 2017-05-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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 information and medical records
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 information and medical records
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/115th-congress/senate-bill/1063/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s1063/BILLS-115s1063is.pdf |