NY A06571 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly

New York Assembly Bill 6571 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 73-11)
Status: Introduced on April 10 2013 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-19 - reported referred to ways and means
Pending: Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act" to require acute care facilities and nursing homes to implement certain direct-care nurse to patient ratios in all nursing units; sets minimum staffing requirements; requires every such facility to submit a documented staffing plan to the department on an annual basis and upon application for an operating certificate; requires acute care facilities to maintain staffing records during all shifts; authorizes nurses to refuse work assignments if the assignment exceeds the nurse's abilities or if minimum staffing is not present; requires public access to documented staffing plans; imposes civil penalties for violations of such provisions; establishes private right of action for nurses discriminated against for refusing any illegal work assignment.

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Sponsors

Asm. Richard Gottfried [D]	Asm. Aileen Gunther [D]	Asm. Joan Millman [D]	Asm. Barbara Clark [D]
Asm. Rhoda Jacobs [D]	Asm. Crystal Peoples-Stokes [D]	Asm. Linda Rosenthal [D]	Asm. Anthony Brindisi [D]
Asm. Harry Bronson [D]	Asm. William Colton [D]	Asm. Michael Benedetto [D]	Asm. Karim Camara [D]
Asm. Ellen Jaffee [D]	Asm. William Magnarelli [D]	Asm. Margaret Markey [D]	Asm. Michael Miller [D]
Asm. David Weprin [D]	Asm. Jose Rivera [D]	Asm. Samuel Roberts [D]	Sen. Sean Ryan [D]
Asm. Frank Skartados [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]	Asm. Jeffrion Aubry [D]	Asm. Steven Otis [D]
Sen. James Skoufis [D]	Asm. Phillip Steck [D]	Sen. Shelley Mayer [D]	Asm. Angelo Santabarbara [D]
Asm. Kenneth Zebrowski [D]	Asm. Alec Brook-Krasny [D]	Asm. Walter Mosley [D]	Asm. Felix Ortiz [D]
Asm. Michele Titus [D]	Asm. Peter Abbate [D]	Asm. Thomas Abinanti [D]	Asm. Carmen Arroyo [D]
Asm. James Brennan [D]	Asm. Marc Butler [R]	Asm. Kevin Cahill [D]	Asm. John Ceretto [R]
Asm. Vivian Cook [D]	Asm. Marcos Crespo [D]	Asm. Michael Cusick [D]	Asm. Steven Cymbrowitz [D]
Asm. Maritza Davila [D]	Asm. Jeffrey Dinowitz [D]	Asm. Steven Englebright [D]	Asm. Patricia Fahy [D]
Asm. Herman Farrell [D]	Asm. Deborah Glick [D]	Asm. Alfred Graf [R]	Asm. Carl Heastie [D]
Asm. Earlene Hooper [D]	Asm. Mark Johns [R]	Asm. Michael Kearns [D]	Asm. Micah Kellner [D]
Asm. Charles Lavine [D]	Asm. Barbara Lifton [D]	Asm. Donna Lupardo [D]	Asm. Chad Lupinacci [R]
Asm. William Magee [D]	Asm. David McDonough [R]	Asm. Thomas McKevitt [R]	Asm. Michael Montesano [R]
Asm. Catherine Nolan [D]	Asm. Amy Paulin [D]	Asm. Nick Perry [D]	Asm. Gary Pretlow [D]
Asm. Edward Ra [R]	Asm. Philip Ramos [D]	Asm. Annette Robinson [D]	Asm. Addie Jenne [D]
Asm. Joseph Saladino [R]	Asm. William Scarborough [D]	Asm. Michelle Schimel [D]	Asm. Aravella Simotas [D]
Asm. Michaelle Solages [D]	Asm. Robert Sweeney [D]	Sen. James Tedisco [R]	Asm. Fred Thiele [D]
Asm. Matthew Titone [D]	Asm. Helene Weinstein [D]	Asm. Harvey Weisenberg [D]	Asm. Keith Wright [D]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-19	Assembly	reported referred to ways and means
2014-05-20	Assembly	reported referred to codes
2014-01-08	Assembly	referred to health
2013-06-05	Assembly	reported referred to ways and means
2013-06-04	Assembly	reported referred to codes
2013-04-10	Assembly	referred to health

Same As/Similar To

S03691 (Same As) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO HEALTH

New York State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A06571&term=2013&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A06571&term=2013&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#A06571