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 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status