HR 745 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2003

Introduced Feb 12, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Fortney Pete Stark D-CA

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 12, 2003 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1773)

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.

IntroducedFeb 12, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2003 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to place limitations on mandatory overtime for nurses, protect nurses against retaliation in any manner with respect to any aspect of employment, and provide for civil money penalties for violations of such provisions.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to Congress on standards to establish for the maximum number of hours that a nurse may work without compromising the safety of their patients.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to study and report to Congress on the extent to which federally operated medical facilities have in effect practices and policies with respect to overtime requirements for nurses that are inconsistent with the overtime requirements added by this Act.

Cosponsors 110

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 12, 2003 to Jul 22, 2004, with 45 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Feb 12, 2003
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-OK	Brad Carson	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-KS	Dennis Moore	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-CO	Diana DeGette	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-WA	Jay Inslee	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NY	Major R. Owens	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-TX	Max Sandlin	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 12, 2003
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Feb 12, 2003
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Feb 12, 2003
D-WA	Brian Baird		Mar 5, 2003
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Mar 5, 2003
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		Mar 5, 2003
D-CO	Mark Udall		Mar 11, 2003
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Mar 25, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Mar 26, 2003
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Apr 1, 2003
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		May 7, 2003
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		May 7, 2003
D-MA	James P. McGovern		May 7, 2003
D-CA	Mike Thompson		May 7, 2003
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		May 7, 2003
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		May 15, 2003
D-MI	Bart Stupak		May 15, 2003
R-CT	Christopher Shays		May 15, 2003
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		May 15, 2003
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		May 15, 2003
D-PA	Tim Holden		May 15, 2003
D-OH	Tim Ryan		May 15, 2003
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		May 21, 2003
D-WA	Adam Smith		Jun 2, 2003
D-CA	George Miller		Jun 2, 2003
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jun 2, 2003
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 2, 2003
D-GA	John Lewis		Jun 2, 2003
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Jun 2, 2003
D-MA	John W. Olver		Jun 2, 2003
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Jun 2, 2003
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jun 10, 2003
D-TX	Chris Bell		Jun 10, 2003
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jun 10, 2003
D-MO	Richard A. Gephardt		Jun 26, 2003
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Jul 8, 2003
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Jul 15, 2003
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Jul 22, 2003
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Jul 23, 2003
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jul 25, 2003
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy		Sep 4, 2003
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		Sep 5, 2003
D-CA	Joe Baca		Sep 10, 2003
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Sep 10, 2003
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Sep 17, 2003
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Oct 7, 2003
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Oct 16, 2003
D-NC	Brad Miller		Nov 6, 2003
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Nov 18, 2003
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Nov 21, 2003
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Jan 20, 2004
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Feb 10, 2004
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Mar 3, 2004
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Mar 18, 2004
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Mar 18, 2004
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Mar 31, 2004
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Apr 21, 2004
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		Apr 21, 2004
D-VA	James P. Moran		May 4, 2004
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		May 4, 2004
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		May 4, 2004
D-TN	Jim Cooper		May 12, 2004
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		May 20, 2004
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Jun 8, 2004
D-OR	David Wu		Jun 25, 2004
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Jul 14, 2004
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Jul 22, 2004
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Jul 22, 2004

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 12, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1773)
Feb 26, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 25, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 13, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E207)
Feb 12, 2003Introduced in House

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Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 373	Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2003	Identical bill	Feb 12, 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

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