92nd General Assembly
Summary of HB0859
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House Sponsors:
SAVIANO-DART-JONES,SHIRLEY-LANG-MCGUIRE, MCCARTHY, 
   DELGADO, BOST, BROSNAHAN, FLOWERS, GILES, HOFFMAN, 
   MYERS,RICHARD, O'BRIEN, OSTERMAN, 
   BOLAND AND LYONS,JOSEPH.

Senate Sponsors:
SYVERSON

Short description: 
HEALTH-TECH                                                                

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        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.                                                      
 
Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE

   Last action date: JAN-07-2003

           Location: House

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   0


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