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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.

Introduced: May 12, 2025 Introduced by: Alex Padilla Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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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
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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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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/
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"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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S. 1709, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1709/.
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