Roll Call: NY A02954 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly
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Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 98-14)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to ways and means [A02954 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 98-14)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to ways and means [A02954 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]
Vote: Assembly Health Committee: Favorable refer to committee Codes
| Vote | Tally | Democrat | Republican |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yea | 22 | 17 | 5 |
| Nay | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Not Voting | - | - | - |
| Absent | 1 | 1 | - |
| TOTAL | 26 | 19 | 7 |
