[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5179 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5179

 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to limit the number of 
           overtime hours of licensed health care employees.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 14, 2000

 Mr. Lantos (for himself, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Brady of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Moakley, Mrs. Napolitano, Mr. Filner, Mr. 
 Gutierrez, and Ms. Millender-McDonald) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to limit the number of 
           overtime hours of licensed health care employees.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Registered Nurses and Patients 
Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. NURSES AND OVERTIME HOURS.

    Section 7(j) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
7(j)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Notwithstanding 
the foregoing, no licensed health care employee, including registered 
nurses but excluding medical doctors, may be required by such an 
employer to work beyond 8 hours in any workday or 80 hours in any 14 
day work period pursuant to an agreement between the employer and 
employee before performance of work, except in the case of a natural 
disaster or except when a Federal State, or county declaration of state 
of emergency is in effect in the county in which the licensed health 
care employee is employed. No employer may take any action against or 
otherwise discriminate against a licensed health care employee for not 
working more than 8 hours in a workday or 80 hours in a 14 day work 
period. A licensed health care employee may voluntarily work beyond 8 
hours in any workday.''.
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