Key Votes
H 4988 - Nurse Staffing Bill - Key Vote
Massachusetts Key Votes
Stages
Family
- H 4988 - Nurse Staffing Bill
- HF 2614 - Health and Human Services Law Amendments
- AB 1319 - Prohibiting the Use of BPA in Baby Products
- LD 804 -
- SB 161 - Administration of Epilepsy Medication in Schools
- AB 46 - Small City Disincorporation
- SB 1EX - State Senate Redistricting
- A 6698A - Freelance Wage Protection
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Bill Sent To Committee (Senate) - June 7, 2006
Title: Nurse Staffing Bill
Vote to pass a bill that creates a nursing advisory board to advise the governor and legislature, develop a research agenda, and suggest policy initiatives. The bill creates the Clara Burton expert nursing corps made up of high-achieving nurses to mentor new nurses, creates nursing scholarships and college loan repayment programs, gives matching funds to hospitals that fund nurse education programs. It also creates the Clara Burton nursing Excellence Trust Fund, to fund programs such as refresher courses and retraining nurses. Establishes ideal nurse-patient ratios and patient limits to be reevaluated by 2012, and every three years thereafter; it further accounts for the patientsÂ’ level of needed nurse-care to be calculated when establishing those limits.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (133-20) - May 24, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Nurse Staffing Bill
Vote to pass a bill that creates a nursing advisory board to advise the governor and legislature, develop a research agenda, and suggest policy initiatives. The bill creates the Clara Burton expert nursing corps made up of high-achieving nurses to mentor new nurses, creates nursing scholarships and college loan repayment programs, gives matching funds to hospitals that fund nurse education programs. It also creates the Clara Burton nursing Excellence Trust Fund, to fund programs such as refresher courses and retraining nurses. Establishes ideal nurse-patient ratios and patient limits to be reevaluated by 2012, and every three years thereafter; it further accounts for the patientsÂ’ level of needed nurse-care to be calculated when establishing those limits.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - May 24, 2006
Title: Nurse Staffing Bill
