2001 Regular Session

SENATE BILL 732

File Code: Private Sector Labor and Industry Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 889
Sponsored By:
Senators Hollinger, Collins, Conway, Dorman, Mitchell, Roesser, and Teitelbaum
Entitled:
Labor and Employment - Nurses - Involuntary Overtime Prohibition

Synopsis:

Prohibiting an employer from requiring a nurse to work more than 8 hours in a workday or 40 hours in a workweek; authorizing an employer to require a nurse to work up to 10 hours in a day or part or all of a succeeding work shift in limited circumstances; providing that a nurse may not be considered responsible for the care of a patient beyond the nurse's prescribed work period if the nurse notifies another nurse and transfers his or her responsibility for a patient's care to a properly designated individual; etc.

History by Legislative Date

Senate Action
2/2
First Reading Finance
2/13
Hearing 3/15 at 1:00 p.m.
3/22
Unfavorable Report by Finance
House Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
Senator Clarence M. Mitchell, IV, District 44
Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also specific health occupations-
NURSES
OVERTIME
PATIENTS
WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc
Bill affects the following Statute:
Labor and Employment
( 3-421 )

Documents:

Bill Text: First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)
Amendments: None offered