Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018
Latest action · Feb 26, 2018 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.
- IntroducedFeb 15, 2018
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018
This bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to develop staffing plans for nursing services in accordance with specified criteria.
Cosponsors 11
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2018 to Aug 3, 2018; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Feb 15, 2018 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Feb 15, 2018 |
| D-HI | Tulsi Gabbard | Original | Feb 15, 2018 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Mar 20, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Apr 11, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 11, 2018 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Jun 22, 2018 | |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Jun 26, 2018 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 26, 2018 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 26, 2018 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Aug 3, 2018 |
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 Feb 15, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 16, 2018 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Feb 15, 2018 |
| Health Subcommittee | Referred Feb 26, 2018 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 26, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 16, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- Feb 15, 2018Introduced in House
- Feb 15, 2018Referred 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.
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 Congressional Record, vol. 164, no. 30, February 15, 2018, page H1213.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2446 | Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018 | Identical bill | Feb 15, 2018 |
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
- Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 15, 2018Introduced in House
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.
