SAVIANO-DART-JONES,SHIRLEY-LANG-MCGUIRE, MCCARTHY, DELGADO, BOST, BROSNAHAN, FLOWERS, GILES, HOFFMAN, MYERS,RICHARD, O'BRIEN, OSTERMAN, BOLAND AND LYONS,JOSEPH. (SYVERSON) New Act Creates the Patient Safety Act. Contains only a short title provision. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. (Tabled May 17, 2001) Deletes everything. Creates the Staffing Requirements for Patient Safety Act. Requires a health care facility to develop and implement a staffing plan to ensure that minimum nurse staffing requirements are met or exceeded for each work shift and for each patient care unit. Provides that requirements concerning staffing do not apply to any facility maintained by the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services, or the Cook County Department of Corrections. Provides that no health care facility employee may have his or her license, registration, or certification subjected to disciplinary action by a State agency if the employee does not continue to work after the end of the employee's designated, predetermined shift under certain circumstances. Requires a facility to take certain actions with respect to the work environment. Provides for pilot programs for testing and evaluating alternative methods of ensuring minimum nurse staffing requirements. Provides for civil monetary penalties for violations of the Act by privately owned health care facilities, and authorizes the Attorney General or a State's Attorney to bring an action for injunctive relief. Authorizes a private right of action against a public health care facility. Effective immediately. FEB-07-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-07-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-07-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-15-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE MAR-13-2001 H PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO MADIGAN,MJ MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR SAVIANO MAR-19-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 013-000-000 HEXC MAR-19-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-29-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR DART MAR-29-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SAVIANO MAR-29-2001 H AMENDMENT REFERRED TO HRUL MAR-29-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-02-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SAVIANO APR-02-2001 H RULES REFERS TO HREG APR-02-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-02-2001 H PRIMARY SPONSOR CHANGED TO SAVIANO APR-04-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SAVIANO APR-04-2001 H RECOMMENDS BE ADOPTED HREG/018-000-001 APR-04-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCCARTHY APR-04-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-04-2001 H AMENDMENT NO. 01-SAVIANO APR-04-2001 H ADOPTED APR-04-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE APR-05-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR JONES,SHIRLEY APR-05-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LANG APR-05-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR MCGUIRE APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FRANKS APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DELGADO APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOST APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BROSNAHAN APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR FLOWERS APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR GILES APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HOFFMAN APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCAULIFFE APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR O'BRIEN APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR OSTERMAN APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SMITH,MICHAEL APR-06-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND APR-06-2001 H 3RD RDG. DEADLINE EXTENDED-RULE 9(B)- MAY 18, 2001 APR-06-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAY-15-2001 H MOTION FILED TO TABLE HA #1 MAY-15-2001 H -SAVIANO MAY-15-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAY-17-2001 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 084-029-002 MAY-17-2001 H MOTION FILED TO RECONSIDER VOTE BY WHICH HB 859 MAY-17-2001 H PASSED- SAVIANO MAY-17-2001 H MOTION TO RECONSIDER VOTE - PREVAILS MAY-17-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAY-17-2001 H RECALLED TO SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAY-17-2001 H MOTION TO TABLE AMENDMENT - PREVAILED 01 MAY-17-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAY-17-2001 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 064-050-001 MAY-17-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH MAY-18-2001 S ARRIVE IN SENATE MAY-18-2001 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-05-21 MAY-31-2001 S CHIEF SPONSOR SYVERSON MAY-31-2001 S FIRST READING MAY-31-2001 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary