Continued publication of annual adverse health event report required, retaliation against patient care staff prohibited, and enforcement provided.
Hospitals providing registered nurse staffing at levels consistent with nationally accepted standards requirement provision, staffing levels report requirement, retaliation prohibition provision, and appropriation
Keeping Nurses at the Bedside Act of 2023; hospital nurse staffing and nurse workload committees requirements established, core staffing plan requirements modified, commissioner required to grade and publicly disclose hospital compliance, hospital preparedness and incident response action plan requirements modified, nursing facility employee scholarship eligibility modified, hospital nursing and health professional education loan forgiveness programs established/modified, and money appropriated.
Prior authorization and coverage of health services requirements modification; ground for disciplinary action against physicians modification; commissioner of commerce and legislature report requirements; classifying data
Sports betting provisions and authorization, establishing licenses, local restrictions prohibition, sports betting taxation provisions, civil and criminal penalties provision, and appropriation
Accident report requirements provisions modifications and law enforcement authorization to provide certain data to contracted service providers for purposes of accident reporting provision
Employer retaliation provisions modified, and pregnancy accommodations modified.
Health care entities reporting information on ownership or control to the commissioner of health requirement provision, penalties authorization, and appropriation
Health care service prior authorization and coverage requirements modified, ground for disciplinary action against physicians modified, reports to the commissioner of commerce and the legislature required, data classified, and rulemaking authorized.
Electronic monitoring requirements modified, private enforcement of rights established, hospice bill of rights modified, licensed home care provider advisory council membership expanded, assisted living facility provisions modified, health care agent powers modified, and guardianship provisions modified.