3.0.0 54 2019-11-15T21:54:57Z 2019-11-15T21:54:57Z Senate S S 2009-01-06 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-01-06T18:47:56Z 2009-01-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S60-61) IntroReferral 2009-01-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S59-60) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-01-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN N Health Civil actions and liability Employment discrimination and employee rights Government information and archives Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Medicare Nursing Health

00 2009-01-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-01-09T21:41:23Z Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2009 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require each participating hospital to adopt and implement a staffing system that ensures a number of registered nurses on each shift and in each unit of the hospital to ensure appropriate staffing levels for patient care; (2) provide for the public reporting of certain staffing information, including a daily posting for each shift in the hospital of the current number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff directly responsible for patient care; (3) prescribe recordkeeping, data collection, and evaluation requirements for participating hospitals; (4) specify civil monetary penalties for violations of such requirements; and (5) provide whistleblower protections.

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