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| 3 | 3 | LCO No. 2982 1 of 1 | |
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| 5 | 5 | General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 622 | |
| 6 | 6 | January Session, 2019 | |
| 7 | 7 | LCO No. 2982 | |
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| 10 | 10 | Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH | |
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| 12 | 12 | ||
| 13 | 13 | Introduced by: | |
| 14 | 14 | SEN. FASANO, 34th Dist. | |
| 15 | 15 | (By Request) | |
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| 20 | 20 | AN ACT ESTABLISHING LIMITS ON THE WORKLOADS OF NURSES. | |
| 21 | 21 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General | |
| 22 | 22 | Assembly convened: | |
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| 24 | 24 | That the general statutes be amended to require the Commissioner 1 | |
| 25 | 25 | of Public Health to establish limits on the workloads of nurses licensed 2 | |
| 26 | 26 | under chapter 378 of the general statutes, which limits shall include a 3 | |
| 27 | 27 | maximum number of patients a nurse in each nursing specialty and 4 | |
| 28 | 28 | discipline may attend to during each shift and a maximum number of 5 | |
| 29 | 29 | hours a nurse may work per shift. 6 | |
| 30 | 30 | Statement of Purpose: | |
| 31 | 31 | To create a sustainable working environment for nurses and maximize | |
| 32 | 32 | patient safety and care. |