Senate Bill S1634

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Establishes the "Safe Staffing for Hospital Care Act"

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Health Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

co-Sponsors

2013-S1634 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 28-F §§2899-aa - 2899-ee, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1780
2011-2012: S1134
2015-2016: S1936
2017-2018: S2289
2019-2020: S6855
2021-2022: S3023
2023-2024: S4681

2013-S1634 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes the "Safe Staffing for Hospital Care Act"; establishes minimum staffing levels for various health care workers in different health care facilities; requires submission of staffing pans; prohibits most mandatory overtime.

2013-S1634 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S1634 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1634

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Health

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to  establishing  the
  "safe staffing for hospital care act"

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known as the "safe  staffing
for hospital care act".
  S 2. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds and
declares  that  the  state  has  a substantial interest in assuring that
delivery of healthcare services to  patients  in  healthcare  facilities
located  within  this  state  is  adequate  and safe and that healthcare
facilities retain sufficient nursing staff  so  as  to  promote  optimal
healthcare  outcomes.  Recent  changes in our healthcare delivery system
are resulting in a higher acuity  level  among  patients  in  healthcare
facilities.  Inadequate  hospital  staffing results in dangerous medical
errors and patient infections. Inadequate  and  poorly  monitored  nurse
staffing practices can adversely impact the health of patients who enter
hospitals  and  outpatient emergency and surgical centers. A substantial
number of nurses indicate that hospital-patient acuity measurements  are
inadequate  and  that many hospitals rarely, if ever, staff according to
an acuity measurement tool. Hospital nurses  work  substantial  overtime
hours  and  nurses  working  twelve-hour shifts work the most additional
overtime hours per week. Mandatory overtime and lengthy work  hours  for
direct-care  nurses  constitute  a  threat  to  the health and safety of
patients, adversely impact the general well-being of nurses  and  result
in  greater  turnover,  which  increases  long-term  shortage of nursing
personnel. Establishing staffing standards will ensure  that  healthcare
facilities  throughout the state operate in a manner that guarantees the
public safety and the  delivery  of  quality  healthcare  services.  The

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.