Safe Nurse Staffing Laws in State Legislatures
ANA works in coordination with Constituent Member (State) Associations (CMAs) to implement a Nationwide State Legislative Agenda that focuses on issues important to nurses, including the development and implementation of valid and reliable nurse staffing systems.
Year to date, eleven states (CA, CT, FL, IL, ME, NJ, OH, OR, RI, TX, VT) plus the District of Columbia have enacted legislation and/or adopted regulations addressing nurse staffing. States have utilized varying approaches: mandated ratios; hospital staffing committee responsible for creating staffing plans, and disclosure; or a combination of the three.
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Resources
- Latest Nurse Staffing Legislation Enacted in Ohio
- Ohio's governor signed into law on June 12th safe nurse staffing legislation. Approaches to staffing legislation have varied between states. Ohio joins the ranks of five states requiring staffing plans: (IL, OR, RI, TX, WA).
- Connecticut Secured Nurse Staffing Legislation
- Connecticut has also succeeded in securing safe nurse staffing legislation for its patients and nurses through staffing plans with the Governor’s signature on May 27, 2008.
- Washington State Nurses Association: Safe Staffing Saves Lives
- Oklahoma Nurses Association: Position Statement on Staffing [pdf]
- Nurse Staffing Plans and Ratios
- Map: Nurse Staffing Plans & Ratios [ppt]