RELATING TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS.
Summary
Prohibits hospitals and health care facilities to permit or require health care providers to provide services for any period after the health care provider has been on duty for sixteen consecutive hours or an aggregate of eighty hours during any period of seven consecutive days, until the health care provider takes at least ten consecutive hours of time off-duty. Clarifies that the terms and conditions of a collective bargaining agreement will prevail, if in conflict with this prohibition. Defines health care facility, health care provider, and hospital.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2023
Last action Jan 27, 2023
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Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Jan 27, 2023
Committee
Referred to LBT/HHS, JDC.
upper
Jan 20, 2023
Introduced
Introduced.
upper
3 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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