New York Senate Bill 3330 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 27-10)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO HEALTH
Pending: Senate Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

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.

Sen. Kemp Hannon [R]	Sen. Joseph Addabbo [D]	Sen. Marisol Alcantara [D]	Sen. Tony Avella [D]
Sen. Jamaal Bailey [D]	Sen. Brian Benjamin [D]	Sen. John Bonacic [R]	Sen. Philip Boyle [R]
Sen. Neil Breslin [D]	Sen. John Brooks [D]	Sen. David Carlucci [D]	Sen. Leroy Comrie [D]
Sen. Martin Dilan [D]	Sen. Michael Gianaris [D]	Sen. Joseph Griffo [R]	Sen. Jesse Hamilton [D]
Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal [D]	Sen. Christopher Jacobs [R]	Sen. Todd Kaminsky [D]	Sen. Brian Kavanagh [D]
Sen. Timothy Kennedy [D]	Sen. Liz Krueger [D]	Sen. Andrew Lanza [R]	Sen. William Larkin [R]
Sen. Shelley Mayer [D]	Sen. Velmanette Montgomery [D]	Sen. Terrence Murphy [R]	Sen. Kevin Parker [D]
Sen. Jose Peralta [D]	Sen. Roxanne Persaud [D]	Sen. Joseph Robach [R]	Sen. James Sanders [D]
Sen. Diane Savino [D]	Sen. Luis Sepulveda [D]	Sen. Susan Serino [R]	Sen. Jose Serrano [D]
Sen. Toby Stavisky [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-01-03	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH
2017-01-20	Senate	REFERRED TO HEALTH

A01532 (Same As) 2018-01-03 - referred to codes

Type	Source
Summary	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S03330&term=2017&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y
Text	https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S03330&term=2017&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Text=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y#S03330