3.0.0
7546
2025-12-05T08:43:15Z
2025-12-05T08:43:15Z
House
H
HR
2024-03-05
118
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7546
[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 5, 2024)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. MATSUI:H.R. 7546.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:section 8 of Article I of the ConstitutionThe single subject of this legislation is:health care[Page H823]
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Standing
  - hswm02
Health Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2024-12-17T18:55:41Z
  - Referred To
2024-03-05T17:02:15Z
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Energy and Commerce Committee
House
Standing
  - hsif14
Health Subcommittee
    - Referred to
2024-03-08T20:17:19Z
  - Referred To
2024-03-05T17:02:10Z

- Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act
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3860
S
2024-03-05
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  - Related bill
CRS
- 2024-12-17
  - hswm02
Health Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee
- 2024-03-08
  - hsif14
Health Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee
- 2024-03-05
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
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Ways and Means Committee
- 2024-03-05
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
2
House floor actions
  - hsif00
Energy and Commerce Committee
- 2024-03-05
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
Intro-H
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Library of Congress
- 2024-03-05
Introduced in House
IntroReferral
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7]
Doris
Matsui
D
CA
O.
7
N
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Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]
Jennifer
Kiggans
R
VA
A.
2
2024-03-05
True
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Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]
Steven
Horsford
D
NV
4
2024-03-07
False
- S001150
Rep. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA-28]
Adam
Schiff
D
CA
B.
28
2024-03-19
False
- N000147
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
Eleanor
Norton
D
DC
Holmes
0
2024-06-27
False
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Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]
Melanie
Stansbury
D
NM
A.
1
2024-07-09
False
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Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2]
Jill
Tokuda
D
HI
N.
2
2024-07-22
False
Health
Health
2024-03-27T20:30:30Z
00
2024-03-05
Introduced in House
2024-04-02T20:19:22Z
Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act of 2024
This bill requires certain providers, as a condition of Medicare participation, to limit mandatory overtime for nurses.
Specifically, the bill prohibits hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, home health agencies, rural health clinics, federally qualified health centers, and other specified providers from requiring nurses to work (1) more than a previously scheduled shift, 48 hours in a workweek, or 12 consecutive hours in a 24-hour period; or (2) during the 10 hours immediately following the 12th hour worked in a shift during a 24-hour period.
Qualifying work hours include time spent in training, on call, and on standby. The bill's provisions do not apply during declared emergencies or disasters, subject to specified conditions, and do not preclude voluntary overtime.
The bill also establishes (1) certain protections for nurses who file complaints against providers, (2) documentation and notice requirements for providers, and (3) potential civil penalties for violations.

Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act of 2024
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Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act of 2024
2024-06-11T15:41:00Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act of 2024
2024-05-24T13:33:53Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
6

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.
2024-03-18T22:22:28Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2024-03-05T05:00:00Z
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2024-12-17
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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