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SB 1242: Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act

GENERAL BILL by Campbell ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Margolis

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

Effective Date: 07/01/2006
Last Action: 5/5/2006 Senate - Died in Committee on Health Care
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
12/29/2005 Senate • Filed
1/11/2006 Senate • Referred to Health Care; Health and Human Services Appropriations
3/7/2006 Senate • Introduced, referred to Health Care; Health and Human Services Appropriations -SJ 00114
5/5/2006 Senate • Died in Committee on Health Care