HR 4138 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007

Introduced Nov 9, 2007 Originated House Sponsor Lois Capps D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 19, 2007 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

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.

  1. IntroducedNov 9, 2007
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require each participating hospital to adopt and implement a staffing system that ensures a number of registered nurses on each shift and in each unit of the hospital to ensure appropriate staffing levels for patient care; (2) provide for the public reporting of certain staffing information, including a daily posting for each shift in the hospital of the current number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff directly responsible for patient care; (3) prescribe recordkeeping, data collection, and evaluation requirements for participating hospitals; (4) specify civil monetary penalties for violations of such requirements; and (5) provide whistleblower protections.

Cosponsors 47

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 9, 2007 to Dec 9, 2008; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PAAllyson Y. SchwartzOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-COEd PerlmutterOriginalNov 9, 2007
R-FLGinny Brown-WaiteOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-SCJohn M. Spratt, Jr.OriginalNov 9, 2007
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-HIMazie K. HironoOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-GASanford D. Bishop, Jr.OriginalNov 9, 2007
D-TNSteve CohenOriginalNov 9, 2007
R-OHSteven C. LaTouretteOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalNov 9, 2007
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalNov 9, 2007
R-CTChristopher ShaysDec 13, 2007
D-OREarl BlumenauerDec 13, 2007
D-TXEddie Bernice JohnsonDec 13, 2007
D-VTPeter WelchDec 13, 2007
R-OHPatrick J. TiberiFeb 25, 2008
D-TNBart GordonMar 10, 2008
D-IADavid LoebsackMar 10, 2008
D-PAMichael F. DoyleMar 12, 2008
D-IALeonard L. BoswellApr 2, 2008
R-ILMark KirkApr 2, 2008
D-TXGene GreenApr 8, 2008
D-MNKeith EllisonApr 10, 2008
D-INAndré CarsonMay 1, 2008
D-CABob FilnerMay 8, 2008
D-TXNick LampsonJun 11, 2008
R-WADavid G. ReichertJun 19, 2008
D-KSDennis MooreJun 25, 2008
D-MDElijah E. CummingsJul 10, 2008
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardJul 10, 2008
D-NYMichael A. ArcuriJul 10, 2008
D-PAJoe SestakJul 17, 2008
D-PAPatrick J. MurphyJul 24, 2008
R-PAPhil EnglishJul 24, 2008
R-NJChristopher H. SmithSep 8, 2008
D-IABruce L. BraleySep 24, 2008
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroSep 24, 2008
D-CTJoe CourtneySep 27, 2008
D-COJohn T. SalazarSep 27, 2008
D-OHDennis J. KucinichSep 29, 2008
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOct 2, 2008
D-ILPhil HareDec 9, 2008

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Nov 9, 2007
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Nov 9, 2007
Health Subcommittee
Referred Nov 19, 2007

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 19, 2007Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Nov 9, 2007Introduced in House
  3. Nov 9, 2007Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 73Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007Related billJan 4, 2007

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to impose minimum nurse staffing ratios in Medicare participating hospitals, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 9, 2007Introduced in House

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