HB 633 (2006) -  Staffing of Health Care Facilities

General Bill by Holloway (CO-SPONSORS) Brutus; Bullard; Fields
Staffing of Health Care Facilities: Creates the "Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act"; provides legislative findings; defines terms; prescribes safe staffing standards for health care facilities; requires licensed facilities to submit an annual staffing plan to the Agency for Health Care Administration; provides standards for the required skill mix; requires compliance with the staffing plan; requires recordkeeping; prohibits mandatory overtime; provides applicability; provides to employees the right to refuse certain assignments and the right to report suspected violations of safe staffing standards without incurring a penalty; provides for the agency to enforce compliance with the act; requires the agency to develop rules.
Effective Date: July 1, 2006.
Last Event: Died in Health Care Regulation Committee on Friday, May 5, 2006 11:59 PM

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Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: SB 1242 Subject: Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act Relationship: Identical
Bill #: HB 1605 Subject: Hospitals Relationship: Compare
Bill #: SB 1358 Subject: Hospitals/Nursing/Staffing Schedules Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

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Vote History

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Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: H Died in Health Care Regulation Committee Time: 05/05/2006 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Health Care Regulation Committee Version:
Event: H 1st Reading Time: 03/07/2006 - 11:59 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: H Now in Health Care Regulation Committee Time: 01/26/2006 - 10:37 AM Member: Committee: Health Care Regulation Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health & Families Council Time: 01/26/2006 - 10:37 AM Member: Committee: Health & Families Council Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Care Appropriations Committee Time: 01/26/2006 - 10:37 AM Member: Committee: Health Care Appropriations Committee Version: __
Event: H Referred to Health Care Regulation Committee Time: 01/26/2006 - 10:37 AM Member: Committee: Health Care Regulation Committee Version: __
Event: H Filed Time: 01/09/2006 - 9:23 AM Member: Holloway Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
395.051
395.057