Senate Bill S3691A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts the "safe staffing for quality care act"

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  • 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

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2013-S3691 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6571
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pub Health L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7974
2011-2012: S4553
2015-2016: S782, A1548
2017-2018: S3330
2019-2020: S1032
2021-2022: S1168

2013-S3691 - 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

2013-S3691 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  3691

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  HANNON -- 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 enacting the "safe
  staffing for quality care act"; and to amend the state finance law, in
  relation to moneys deposited into the patient safety center account

  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 and may be cited as
the "safe staffing for quality care act".
  S 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 of section  2805  of  the
public  health  law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 923 of the laws
of 1973 and paragraph (b) as added by chapter 795 of the laws  of  1965,
are amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Application  for an operating certificate for a hospital shall be
made upon forms prescribed by  the  department.  The  application  shall
[contain]  INCLUDE the name of the hospital, the kind or kinds of hospi-
tal service to be provided, the location and physical description of the
institution,  A  DOCUMENTED  STAFFING  PLAN,  AS  DEFINED   IN   SECTION
TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, and such other infor-
mation as the department may require.
  (b) An operating certificate shall not be  issued  by  the  department
unless  it  finds  that  the  premises, equipment, personnel, DOCUMENTED
STAFFING PLAN, rules and by-laws, standards of medical care, and  hospi-
tal  service are fit and adequate and that the hospital will be operated
in the manner required by this article and rules and regulations  there-
under.
  S  3.  The  public  health  law is amended by adding nine new sections
2823-a, 2824, 2825, 2826, 2827, 2828, 2829, 2830 and  2831  to  read  as
follows:
  S  2823-A.  POLICY AND PURPOSE. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND DECLARES ALL
OF THE FOLLOWING:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02578-03-3
              

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2013-S3691A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6571
Current Committee:
Senate Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Pub Health L, generally
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7974
2011-2012: S4553
2015-2016: S782, A1548
2017-2018: S3330
2019-2020: S1032
2021-2022: S1168

2013-S3691A (ACTIVE) - 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

2013-S3691A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3691A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 3691--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  HANNON,  ADDABBO, AVELLA, BONACIC, BRESLIN, DIAZ,
  GRISANTI, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KENNEDY, LANZA, LATIMER, MARTINS, PERKINS,
  SAMPSON, SAVINO, TKACZYK -- read twice and ordered printed,  and  when
  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on Health -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to enacting the "safe
  staffing for quality 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 and may be cited as
the "safe staffing for quality care act".
  S 2. Paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 2 of section  2805  of  the
public  health  law, paragraph (a) as amended by chapter 923 of the laws
of 1973 and paragraph (b) as added by chapter 795 of the laws  of  1965,
are amended to read as follows:
  (a)  Application  for an operating certificate for a hospital shall be
made upon forms prescribed by  the  department.  The  application  shall
[contain]  INCLUDE the name of the hospital, the kind or kinds of hospi-
tal service to be provided, the location and physical description of the
institution,  A  DOCUMENTED  STAFFING  PLAN,  AS  DEFINED   IN   SECTION
TWENTY-EIGHT  HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, and such other infor-
mation as the department may require.
  (b) An operating certificate shall not be  issued  by  the  department
unless  it  finds  that  the  premises, equipment, personnel, DOCUMENTED
STAFFING PLAN, rules and by-laws, standards of medical care, and  hospi-
tal  service are fit and adequate and that the hospital will be operated
in the manner required by this article and rules and regulations  there-
under.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02578-05-3

S. 3691--A                          2
              

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