United States · Bill · S
S. 1686 (107th)
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2001
Introduced
14 November 2001
Last action
14 November 2001 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA], Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA], Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV], Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN], Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY], Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD], Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI], Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ], Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ], Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN], Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI], Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Subjects
Healthcare
Source updated
10 February 2026
Summary
Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to place limitations on the mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work in certain providers of services.
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Timeline
14 November 2001
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
14 November 2001
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11794)
Source: IntroReferral
14 November 2001
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 14 November 2001 · Download file
Documents
3 official files
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Sponsors
- Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Torricelli, Robert G. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Corzine, Jon S. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sarbanes, Paul S. [D-MD] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/107th-congress/senate-bill/1686
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/107/s/1686
- us · 107-s-1686 · source updated 10 February 2026