Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007 (HR 2122)

ANA supports the Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007 (HR 2122), which amends title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for patient protection by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work in certain providers of services to which payments are made under the Medicare Program.

ANA opposes the use of mandatory overtime as a staffing tool.  This dangerous staffing practice is having a negative impact on patient care, fostering medical errors, and driving nurses away from the bedside.

ANA Position: SUPPORT!

Co-Sponsors of the Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2007:

 

Neil

Abercrombie (D-HI)

Thomas

Allen (D-ME)

Robert

Andrews (D-NJ)

Michael

Arcuri (D-NY)

Brian

Baird (D-WA)

Tammy

Baldwin (D-WI)

Howard

Berman (D-CA)

Timothy

Bishop (D-NY)

Earl

Blumenauer (D-OR)

Leonard

Boswell (D-IA)

Robert

Brady (D-PA)

Bruce

Braley (D-IA)

Corinne

Brown (D-FL)

Lois

Capps (D-CA)

Chris

Carney (D-PA)

Julia

Carson (D-IN)

Steve

Cohen (D-TN)

John

Conyers (D-MI)

Joe

Courtney (D-CT)

Elijah

Cummings (D-MD)

Danny

Davis (D-IL)

Diana

DeGette (D-CO)

Rosa

DeLauro (D-CT)

Norman

Dicks (D-WA)

Michael

Doyle (D-PA)

Rahm

Emanuel (D-IL)

Bob

Filner (D-CA)

Bart

Gordon (D-TN)

Raul

Grijalva (D-AZ)

Jane

Harman (D-CA)

Alcee

Hastings (D-FL)

Stephanie

Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)

Brian

Higgins (D-NY)

Maurice

Hinchey (D-NY)

Rush

Holt (D-NJ)

Michael

Honda (D-CA)

Sheila

Jackson-Lee (D-TX)

Eddie Bernice

Johnson (D-TX)

Patrick

Kennedy (D-RI)

Dale

Kildee (D-MI)

Dennis

Kucinich (D-OH)

James

Langevin (D-RI)

Steven

LaTourette (R-OH)

Barbara

Lee (D-CA)

John

Lewis (D-GA)

Frank

LoBiondo (R-NJ)

Carolyn

Maloney (D-NY)

Carolyn

McCarthy (D-NY)

Betty

McCollum (D-MN)

Thaddeus

McCotter (R-MI)

Jim

McDermott (D-WA)

Michael

Michaud (D-ME)

Brad

Miller (D-NC)

George

Miller (D-CA)

Dennis

Moore (D-KS)

Gwen

Moore (D-WI)

James

Moran (D-VA)

Jerrold

Nadler (D-NY)

Grace

Napolitano (D-CA)

Richard

Neal (D-MA)

John

Olver (D-MA)

Donald

Payne (D-NJ)

Lucille

Roybal-Allard (D-CA)

Tim

Ryan (D-OH)

Linda

Sanchez (D-CA)

Loretta

Sanchez (D-CA)

Jan

Schakowsky (D-IL)

Adam

Schiff (D-CA)

Allyson

Schwartz (D-PA)

Joe

Sestak (D-PA)

Christopher

Shays (R-CT)

Carol

Shea-Porter (D-NH)

Brad

Sherman (D-CA)

Louise McIntosh

Slaughter (D-NY)

Hilda

Solis (D-CA)

Pete

Stark (D-CA)

John

Tierney (D-MA)

Mark

Udall (D-CO)

Diane

Watson (D-CA)

Henry

Waxman (D-CA)

Robert

Wexler (D-FL)

Lynn

Woolsey (D-CA)

David

Wu (D-OR)

Albert

Wynn (D-MD)

Republican Representatives in Italics