S. 1709
119th Congress
Senate
Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 12, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2864)
May 12, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2864)
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Lobbying activity
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- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED
- AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED
- AMERICA'S HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS, INC. (AHIP)
- AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- Labor, Dept of (DOL)
- White House Office
- Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
- U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
- Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1709: Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1709/
"S. 1709: Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1709/.
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