Bill > S1113

This bill, the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2023, aims to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals. The key provisions of the bill include: - Requiring hospitals to implement staffing plans that provide adequate, appropriate, and quality delivery of health care services and protect patient safety, with minimum direct care registered nurse-to-patient ratios for various hospital units. The ratios range from 1 nurse to 1 patient in trauma emergency units to 1 nurse to 6 patients in postpartum and well-baby nursery units. - Establishing minimum direct care licensed practical nurse staffing requirements, to be determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Services based on a study. - Providing for adjustments to Medicare reimbursement to account for the additional costs incurred by hospitals in complying with the staffing requirements. - Protecting nurses who object to or refuse patient care assignments that they believe would violate the staffing requirements or compromise patient safety. - Authorizing the Secretary to enforce the requirements through civil monetary penalties and other actions. The bill aims to improve patient safety and quality of care by ensuring appropriate nurse staffing levels in hospitals.

Health and Social Services

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/1113/all-info