Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB372: Establish nurse safe staffing standards
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act creating nurse staffing committees in hospitals to protect and enhance the safety and quality of patient care; and prescribing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT CREATING NURSE STAFFING COMMITTEES IN HOSPITALS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE SAFETY AND QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE; AND PRESCRIBING MINIMUM NURSE-TO-PATIENT RATIOS." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Nurse staffing plan -- hospital staffing committee -- report to department. (1) Each hospital licensed by the department of public health and human services shall, in coordination with its staffing committee as required in subsection (2), develop a nurse staffing plan that promotes a collaborative hospital practice and enhances patient care. The safe nurse staffing plan must: (a) prescribe the minimum professional nurse skill mix for each patient care unit in the hospital, including: (i) the ratio of patients to registered nurses providing direct patient care for each unit, which must meet the minimum nurse-to-patient ratios prescribed in [section 2]; (ii) a description of any differences between the staffing levels prescribed in the staffing plan and actual staffing levels for each unit, how the hospital intends to meet the staffing levels prescribed in the nurse staffing plan, and whether the hospital will adjust staffing levels in future staffing plans; (iii) the method used by the hospital to determine and adjust direct patient care nurse staffing levels; and (iv) a description of supporting personnel assisting in each patient care …
Sponsors
- Neumann, Cora (D, 30) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
Subjects: Health Care Services, Health, Professions and Occupations E-N
Common questions
- What is SB372?
- SB372 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Establish nurse safe staffing standards.
- What does SB372 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act creating nurse staffing committees in hospitals to protect and enhance the safety and quality of patient care; and prescribing minimum nurse-to-patient ratios.".
- What is the status of SB372?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB372?
- Neumann, Cora (D, 30).
- Where is the official record for SB372?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3225
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