3.0.0 1842 2023-01-11T20:41:31Z 2023-01-11T20:41:31Z Senate S S 2007-07-20 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-07-20T15:56:20Z Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007 110 2122 HR 2007-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-07-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-07-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9659-9660) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-07-20 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-07-20 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-07-20 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-07-20 True O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2007-07-20 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-07-20 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2007-07-20 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2007-07-20 True A000069 Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL AKAKA D HI KOHIKINA 2007-07-20 True F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2007-07-20 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-07-20 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2007-07-20 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-07-20 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-07-24 False R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2007-07-24 False L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2007-09-17 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2007-12-18 False M001153 Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] Lisa Murkowski R AK 2008-06-26 False Health Accreditation (Medical care) Ambulatory care Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Clinics Congressional reporting requirements Disciplining of employees Discrimination in employment Electronic government information Employee rights Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Home care services Hospital personnel Hours of labor Internet Labor and Employment Law Legislation Medical ethics Medicare Mental health services Military hospitals Nurses Quality of care Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Veterans' hospitals Whistle blowing Health 00 2007-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-30T20:58:19Z Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to place limitations on mandatory overtime for nurses, prohibit retaliation against them in any manner with respect to any aspect of employment, and establish civil money penalties for violations of this Act.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on standards to establish for the maximum number of hours that a nurse may work without compromising the safety of patients.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to study and report to Congress on the extent to which federally operated medical facilities have in effect practices and policies for overtime requirements for nurses that are inconsistent with the requirements added by this Act.

]]> Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work in certain providers of services to which payments are made under the Medicare Program. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1842is/xml/BILLS-110s1842is.xml 2007-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.