Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2001
Latest action · Nov 14, 2001 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 14, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 14, 2001 to Sep 18, 2002; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NV | Harry Reid | Original | Nov 14, 2001 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Nov 14, 2001 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Nov 14, 2001 |
| D-MN | Paul D. Wellstone | Original | Nov 14, 2001 |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Dec 7, 2001 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Mar 5, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Apr 11, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Robert G. Torricelli | Apr 11, 2002 | |
| D-MN | Mark Dayton | Apr 23, 2002 | |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | May 16, 2002 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jul 15, 2002 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Sep 18, 2002 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Sep 18, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Finance Committee | Referred Nov 14, 2001 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2001Introduced in Senate
- Nov 14, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11794)
- Nov 14, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S11794 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA | Nov 14, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 107-626 | WHO WILL CARE FOR US?: THE LOOMING CRISIS OF HEALTH WORKFORCE SHORTAGES84 pages | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Jul 15, 2002 |
| Serial No. 107-76 | HEALTH QUALITY AND MEDICAL ERRORS80 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Mar 7, 2002 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3238 | Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2001 | Identical bill | Nov 14, 2001 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2001
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Accreditation (Medical care)
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Clinics
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Disciplining of employees
- Discrimination in employment
- Electronic government information
- Employee rights
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government publicity
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Home care services
- Hospital personnel
- Hours of labor
- Internet
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Legislation
- Medical ethics
- Medicare
- Military hospitals
- Nurses
- Overtime
- Quality of care
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Social Welfare
- Veterans' hospitals
- Whistle blowing
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2001Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
