Safe Nurse Staffing Laws in State Legislatures
ANA works in coordination with Constituent Member (State) Associations (CMAs) to implement a Nationwide State Legislative Agenda that focuses on issues important to nurses, including the development and implementation of valid and reliable nurse staffing systems.
To date, 15 states (CA, CT, IL, ME*, MN, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, RI, TX, VT, WA) plus the District of Columbia* have enacted legislation and/or adopted regulations addressing nurse staffing. States have utilized varying approaches: mandated ratios; hospital staffing committee responsible for creating staffing plans, and disclosure; or a combination of the three.
Twelve states have staffing laws. North Carolina decided in 2009 to study mandatory overtime as a staffing tool.
*Delaware and the District of Columbia changed legislation from its original intent to remove mandatory staffing provisions.
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Resources
- Texas Adopts Safe Nurse Staffing Law – June 2009
- The Texas Governor signed into law in June 2009 nurse staffing protections similar to staffing plan approaches in six other states.
- Latest Nurse Staffing Legislation Enacted in Nevada – June 2009
- Nevada’s legislature overrode the Governor's veto in June 2009 to adopt safe staffing legislation. Nevada joins the ranks of six other states requiring staffing plans – CT, IL, OH, OR, TX, WA.
- Nurse Staffing Legislation Enacted in Ohio
- Ohio's governor signed the safe nurse staffing legislation into law in June 2008.
- Connecticut Secured Nurse Staffing Legislation
- Connecticut has also succeeded in securing safe nurse staffing legislation for its patients and nurses through staffing plans with the Governor’s signature on May 27, 2008.
- Washington State Nurses Association: Safe Staffing Saves Lives
- Oklahoma Nurses Association: Position Statement on Staffing [pdf]
- Nurse Staffing Plans and Ratios
- Map: Nurse Staffing Plans & Ratios [ppt]