Bill To Set Minimum Nurse Staffing Requirments For Hospitals SPRINGFIELD, IL (wsiu) - Lawmakers, health care advocates and nurses are rallying around an Illinois House bill that would set minimum nurse staffing levels at hospitals across the state.
State Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago) introduced the bill over 18 months ago. This is the third time lawmakers have introduced this bill.
Flowers says other states such as California already have set minimum nurse staffing levels.
Flowers says the patients and the type of patients at hospitals would determine the staffing needs.
Officials with the Association of State, County and Municipal Employees say the bill has a chance at becoming law because thousands of nurses have joined the effort.
The bill will officially be re-introduced in January.
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