AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- NURSING HOME STAFFING AND QUALITY CARE ACT (Mandates minimum staffing levels/standards for quality care for nursing homes with penalties for violations/grants for enhanced training/wages adjusted for inflation.)
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Jul 2020
Senate Passage
Jul 2020
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2020
Last action Jul 16, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jul 16, 2020
How they voted
23–0
Passed · 4 other
Total votes 27
Jul 16, 2020
D
Democratic25
88% Yea
R
Republican2
50% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Jul 16, 2020
Committee
07/16/2020 Referred to House Finance
lower
Jul 16, 2020
Legislature · Passed
07/16/2020 Senate read and passed
legislature
Jul 13, 2020
Legislature · Passed
07/13/2020 Committee recommends passage
legislature
Feb 25, 2020
Introduced
02/25/2020 Introduced, referred to Senate Health and Human Services
legislature
4 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dawn Euer
DDemocratic
P
DR
Dominick Ruggerio
DDemocratic
P
Maryellen Goodwin
DDemocratic
P
Michael J. McCaffrey
DDemocratic
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