Bill > S3166

Introduced Session

This bill requires temporary nurse staffing agencies that provide temporary nurses to licensed health care facilities to register annually as a nurse staffing agency with the Division of Consumer Affairs in the Department of Law and Public Safety. The bill requires a temporary nurse staffing agency to ensure that temporary nurses are properly credentialed and caps service rates at 150 percent of the regional hourly wage, as determined by the most current U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics wage estimates. Temporary nurse staffing agencies are required to maintain workers' compensation insurance and to report any violations of State or local health codes. Under the bill, temporary nurse staffing agencies are prohibited from recruiting employees from client facilities and from including contract terms that restrict employees from being hired by a client facility or impose penalties for that employment. Additionally, the bill provides criteria for detailed, auditable records of salaries, pay rates, employee status, charges related to personnel placement, employee terminations, reports to health and nursing boards, and cases of abuse, neglect, or job abandonment. These records are required to be made available to the director upon request. Finally, the bill provides for monetary penalties for violations of the bill's provisions. The division, in consultation with the Department of Health and Senior Services, is required to promulgate licensure standards and regulations for nurse staffing agencies within 160 days of enactment.

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Angela Mcknight (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (on 05/09/2024)

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