CHAPTER NUMBER: 322
File Code: Health Occupations
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Hollinger, Dyson, Blount, Colburn, Collins, Conway,
Della, Dorman, Exum, Forehand, Green, Hoffman, Kelley, Lawlah, Mooney,
Roesser, Ruben, Schrader, Sfikas, Stone,
Teitelbaum, and McFadden
- Entitled:
-
Labor and Employment - Nurses - Involuntary Overtime
Prohibition
Prohibiting an employer from requiring a nurse to work more than the
scheduled hours according to a predetermined work schedule; providing
that a nurse may not be considered to be responsible for the care of a
patient beyond the nurse's predetermined work schedule under specified
circumstances; requiring an employer to exhaust all good faith,
reasonable attempts to ensure that appropriate staff is available to
accept responsibility for care of a patient beyond a nurse's
predetermined work schedule; etc.
Senate Action
- 2/1
- First Reading Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 2/13
- Hearing 3/8 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Education Health and Environmental Affairs
- 3/19
- Favorable with Amendments
- Laid Over (Senator Bromwell) Adopted
- 3/20
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 3/22
- Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- 4/6
- Senate Concur - House Amendments
- Third Reading Passed (42-0)
- Passed Enrolled
- 5/6
- Signed by the Governor Chapter 322
House Action
- 3/22
- First Reading Environmental Matters
- 3/26
- Re-assigned Economic Matters
- 3/28
- Hearing 4/2 at 1:00 p.m.
- 4/6
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Economic Matters
- 4/4
- Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- 4/5
- Third Reading Passed with Amendments (136-1)
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Paula C. Hollinger, District 11
- Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
- Senator Richard F. Colburn, District 37
- Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
- Senator Joan Carter Conway, District 43
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Roy P. Dyson, District 29
- Senator Nathaniel Exum, District 24
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Senator Barbara A. Hoffman, District 42
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Gloria Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Alexander X. Mooney, District 3
- Senator Jean W. Roesser, District 15
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Sandra Schrader, District 13
- Senator Perry Sfikas, District 46
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
- Senator Leonard H. Teitelbaum, District 19
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS -see also- POLITICAL COMMITTEES
- DISCLOSURE
- DISCRIMINATION -see also- SEX DISCRIMINATION
- ETHICS
- HEALTH -see also- MENTAL HEALTH
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- HOSPITALS -see also- CLINICS; STATE HOSPITALS
- HUMAN RIGHTS
- NOTICES
- NURSES
- OVERTIME
- PATIENTS
- RETIREMENT SYSTEMS -see also- MANDATORY RETIREMENT
- SAFETY -see also- OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
- SALARIES -see also- OVERTIME
- WORK, LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT -see also- COL BARG; HOLIDAY; etc
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Labor and Employment
- (
3-421
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
- Senate
- Number: 204832/1 (PDF) Offered on: March 20, 2002 at:
12:47 p.m. Status: Adopted
- House
- Number: 783897/1 (PDF) Offered on: April 6, 2002 at:
1:30 p.m. Status: Adopted
- Roll Call Votes (Legislative dates are shown):
- Senate
- March 22, 2002: Third Reading Passed (46-0)
- April 6, 2002: Third Reading Passed (42-0)
- House
- April 5, 2002: Third Reading Passed (136-1)
