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SB 1576: Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act

GENERAL BILL by Dawson ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Campbell

Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act; creates said act; provides legislative findings; prescribes safe staffing standards for health care facilities; requires licensed facilities to submit annual staffing plan to AHCA; provides standards for required skill mix; requires compliance with staffing plan; prohibits mandatory overtime; provides to employees right to refuse certain assignments & right to report suspected violations of safe staffing standards, etc. Creates 395.051-.057.

Effective Date: 07/01/2004
Last Action: 4/30/2004 Senate - Died in Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/21/2004 Senate • Prefiled
    1/28/2004 Senate • Referred to Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations
    3/2/2004 Senate • Introduced, referred to Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care; Governmental Oversight and Productivity; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 00088
    4/30/2004 Senate • Died in Committee on Health, Aging, and Long-Term Care

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  • SB 1576, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/21/2004 at 3:35 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    395.051
    395.052
    395.053
    395.054
    395.055
    395.056
    395.057

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