Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2013
Latest action · Jun 3, 2013 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.
- IntroducedApr 30, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each Medicare participating hospital to implement a hospital-wide staffing plan for nursing services furnished in the hospital.
Requires the plan to require that an appropriate number of registered nurses provide direct patient care in each unit and on each shift of the hospital to ensure staffing levels that: (1) address the unique characteristics of the patients and hospital units; and (2) result in the delivery of safe, quality patient care consistent with specified requirements.
Requires each participating hospital to establish a hospital nurse staffing committee which shall implement such plan.
Specifies civil monetary and other penalties for violation of the requirements of this Act.
Sets forth whistleblower protections against discrimination and retaliation involving patients or employees of the hospital for their grievances, complaints, or involvement in investigations relating to such plan.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 30, 2013 to Dec 1, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Original | Apr 30, 2013 |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Jun 4, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Jun 4, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jun 11, 2013 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Jun 11, 2013 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Jun 11, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Jun 11, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 11, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jun 24, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Jul 8, 2013 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Aug 2, 2013 | |
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Aug 2, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Carolyn McCarthy | Aug 2, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Sep 23, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Oct 11, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Oct 22, 2013 | |
| D-VA | James P. Moran | Nov 12, 2013 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Nov 12, 2013 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Dec 9, 2013 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Dec 23, 2013 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jan 8, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | Feb 4, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Apr 4, 2014 | |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Apr 28, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 2, 2014 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jul 10, 2014 | |
| D-NM | Michelle Lujan Grisham | Jul 28, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Timothy H. Bishop | Sep 8, 2014 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Nov 12, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Dec 1, 2014 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2013 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred May 3, 2013 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Apr 30, 2013 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Jun 3, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 3, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- May 3, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Apr 30, 2013Introduced in House
- Apr 30, 2013Referred 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H2400H.R. 1821–1824 | — | Apr 30, 2013 |
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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H2400.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2353 | Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2014 | Related bill | May 15, 2014 |
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 provide for patient protection by establishing safe nurse staffing levels at certain Medicare providers, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2013Introduced in House
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