Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB411: Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)
Status: Signed into law, April 28, 2026
Requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to comply with certain staffing standards, to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee, and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring the chief nursing executive of each hospital to produce a draft clinical staffing plan and submit it to the clinical staffing committee of the hospital; requiring each clinical staffing committee to finalize a clinical staffing plan; requiring, by July 1, 2028, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026) FOR the purpose of requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to comply with certain staffing standards, to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee, and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring the chief nursing executive of each hospital to produce a draft clinical staffing plan and submit it to the clinical staffing committee of the hospital; requiring each clinical staffing committee to develop finalize a clinical staffing plan…
From the enrolled text, May 5, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026) FOR the purpose of requiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to comply with certain staffing standards, to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee, and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring the chief nursing executive of each hospital to produce a draft clinical staffing plan and submit it to the clinical staffing committee of the hospital; requiring each clinical staffing committee to develop finalize a clinical staffing plan; and generally relating to hospitals and clinical staffing committees and plans. BY adding to Article - Health - General Section 19-393 through 19-397 to be under the new part "Part XIII. Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans" Annotated Code of Maryland (2023 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Health - General 19-391. RESERVED. 19-392. RESERVED. PART XIII. CLINICAL STAFFING COMMITTEES AND PLANS. 19-393. (A) IN THIS PART THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS INDICATED. (B) (1) "ANCILLARY MEMBER OF THE FRONTLINE TEAM" MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PRIMARY DUTIES INCLUDE SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS WHO PROVIDE DIRECT PATIENT CARE. (2) "ANCILLARY MEMBER OF THE FRONTLINE TEAM" INCLUDES: Ch. 235 2026 LAWS OF MARYLAND (I) A DIETARY WORKER; …