Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Act of 2007

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Introduced

4 January 2007

Last action

4 January 2007 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S85-86)

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

4 January 2007
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S85-86)
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4 January 2007
Introduced
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S84-85)
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4 January 2007
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/senate-bill/73
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/73
us · 110-s-73 · source updated 6 December 2025