Florida House Bill 1397 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on May 3 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-05-03 - Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Creates "Florida Hospital Patient Protection Act"; provides minimum staffing level requirements for ratio of direct care registered nurses to patients in health care facility; requires that each facility implement staffing plan; prohibits health care facility from assigning unlicensed personnel to perform functions or tasks that are performed by licensed or registered nurse; authorizes direct care registered nurse to refuse to perform certain activities if he or she determines that it is not in best interests of patient; prohibits health care facility from discharging, discriminating, or retaliating against nurse based on refusal to accept assignment under certain circumstances; prohibits health care facility from interfering with right of nurses to organize or bargain collectively; provides powers & duties of AHCA with respect to violations of act.

Health Care

Sen. Kevin Rader [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-05-03	House	Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee
2013-03-08	House	Referred to Health Innovation Subcommittee; Health Care Appropriations Subcommittee; Health and Human Services Committee
2013-03-05	House	Introduced
2013-03-05	House	Filed

S1732 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Health Policy

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1397
Text	http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1397/BillText/Filed/PDF