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HB 1751: Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act

GENERAL BILL by Holloway ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Bendross-Mindingall ; Bucher ; Bullard ; Garcia ; Harper ; Robaina ; Roberson, Y ; Zapata

Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act; provides popular name & legislative findings; defines terms; prescribes facility staffing standards re nurse-to-patient ratios, staffing plans, & minimum skill mix; allows implementation of higher staffing levels; provides recordkeeping requirements; prohibits mandatory overtime & excessive duty hours; allows voluntary overtime work; provides statement of employee rights; provides for AHCA to ensure compliance with act & to adopt rules, etc.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  3/21/2003	House	• Filed; Introduced -HJ 00239
  3/27/2003	House	• Referred to Health Appropriations (AP); Appropriations -HJ 00268
  5/2/2003	House	• Died in Committee on Health Appropriations (AP)

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• HB 1751, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/20/2003 at 6:34 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  S 2302	Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act	Dawson	Similar	Last Action: 5/2/2003 S Died in Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care Location:

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