118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 1113 — Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2023

“A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.”

Health

Introduced Mar 30, 2023

Last action Mar 30, 2023

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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill requires hospitals to implement and submit to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) a staffing plan that complies with specified minimum nurse-to-patient ratios by unit. Hospitals must post a notice regarding nurse-to-patient ratios in each unit and maintain records of actual ratios for each shift in each unit. The bill also requires hospitals to follow certain procedures regarding how ratios are determined, and other staff are prohibited from performing nurse functions unless specifically authorized within a state's scope of practice rules. HHS must adjust Medicare payments to hospitals to cover additional costs attributable to compliance with these ratios. Nurses ma...

Provisions · 4 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

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Mar 30, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Mar 30, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.