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H.R. 4138 (110th)

Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007

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Introduced

9 November 2007

Last action

19 November 2007 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Sponsors

Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5], Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14], Raúl Grijalva, Rep. McCarthy, Carolyn [D-NY-4], Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1], Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1], Sanford Bishop, Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. [D-SC-5], Ed Perlmutter, Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], PETER DEFAZIO, Earl Blumenauer, Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT], Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4], EDDIE JOHNSON, PATRICK TIBERI, Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6], David Loebsack, MIKE DOYLE, Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3], Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], GENE GREEN, Keith Ellison, Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-22], David Reichert, Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS-3], ELIJAH CUMMINGS, Rep. Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24], LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7], Rep. Murphy, Patrick J. [D-PA-8], Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3], Christopher Smith, Rosa DeLauro, Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1], Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2], Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Rep. Hare, Phil [D-IL-17]

Subjects

Healthcare

Source updated

6 December 2025

Healthcare

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Summary

Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007 - Amends part D (Miscellaneous) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) require each participating hospital to adopt and implement a staffing system that ensures a number of registered nurses on each shift and in each unit of the hospital to ensure appropriate staffing levels for patient care; (2) provide for the public reporting of certain staffing information, including a daily posting for each shift in the hospital of the current number of licensed and unlicensed nursing staff directly responsible for patient care; (3) prescribe recordkeeping, data collection, and evaluation requirements for participating hospitals; (4) specify civil monetary penalties for violations of such requirements; and (5) provide whistleblower protections.

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Timeline

  1. 9 November 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 9 November 2007

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 9 November 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 9 November 2007

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 19 November 2007

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

    Source: Committee

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