3.0.024462023-01-11T13:40:24Z2023-01-11T13:40:24ZSenateS2018-02-15115ssfi00Finance CommitteeSenateStandingReferred to2018-02-15T21:12:15ZSafe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 20181155052HR2018-02-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.Identical billCRS2018-02-15ssfi00Finance CommitteeSenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.IntroReferral2018-02-15Introduced in SenateIntroReferral100009Library of CongressM001176Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]JeffMerkleyDORNHealthHealth002018-02-15Introduced in Senate2019-08-06T14:17:53ZSafe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018
This bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to develop staffing plans for nursing services in accordance with specified criteria.
]]>Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018Display TitleSafe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018Official Title as IntroducedA bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers, and for other purposes.Introduced in SenateISShort Titles as IntroducedSafe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018Introduced in Senate2018-02-15T05:00:00Zhttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2446is/xml/BILLS-115s2446is.xml2018-02-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.text/xmlENPursuant 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 CongressThis 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.