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.
Nurse and Patient Safety Act
Continued publication of annual adverse health event report required, retaliation against patient care staff prohibited, and enforcement provided.
Annual adverse health event report publication continuation requirement provision, retaliation against patient care staff prohibition, compliancy orders authorization and enforcement provisions
Hospital and violence intervention team safety requirements established, hospitals required to have a secure online portal for reporting of violence incidents and threats of violence, de-escalation training required for all hospital health care workers, and report required.
Requirements establishment for hospital behavioral health crisis intervention teams
Office of Emergency Medical Services establishment to replace the Emergency Medical Service Regulatory Board
Medical and dental practices requirement to make available to the public their current standard charges
Hospitals required to provide registered nurse staffing at levels consistent with nationally accepted standards, staffing levels reporting required, retaliation prohibited, civil penalties imposed, and money appropriated.
Hospitals providing registered nurse staffing at levels consistent with nationally accepted standards requirement provision, staffing levels report requirement, retaliation prohibition provision, and appropriation