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Legislative Activities

2008 Legislation

• HB392: Nursing Staffing Standards for Patient Safety and Quality Care Act - Rep. Flowers, D-31^st District, Chicago: Introduced on 1/31/07. Creates new Act mandating hospitals to implement prescriptive nurse-patient ratios. Click here to view status of bill.
  - Nurse Staffing Laws: Illinois Hospitals Committed to Nurses and Patients
  - Governor Signs SB867 into Law - Nurse Staffing by Patient Acuity
  - IHA: Nurse Staffing - A Profile of General Assembly Actions
  - Keep Up the Opposition to HB392 and SB936: Nurse Staffing Ratio Bills