FL S1732 | 2013 | Regular Session

Status

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

Summary

Creating the "Florida Hospital Patient Protection Act"; providing minimum staffing level requirements for the ratio of direct care registered nurses to patients in a health care facility; specifying the required nurse-to-patient ratios for each type of care provided; requiring that the Agency for Health Care Administration develop uniform standards for use by health care facilities in establishing nurse staffing requirements; authorizing a direct care registered nurse to refuse to perform certain activities if he or she determines that it is not in the best interests of the patient, etc.

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Title

Health Care

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2013-05-03SenateDied in Health Policy
2013-03-07SenateIntroduced
2013-03-07SenateReferred to Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
2013-03-02SenateFiled

Same As/Similar To

H1397 (Similar To) 2013-05-03 - Died in Health Innovation Subcommittee

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Bill Comments

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