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California Ups Nursing Home Staffing Requirements

Wed, 10/25/2000 - 12:00am — Karen Stevenson
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Governor Gray Davis of California signed AB 1731, a bill which will increase nursing home oversight and enforcement. As a part of the bill, nursing home staffing requirements will also be increased. Existing law provides that the minimum number of actual nursing hours per patient required in a skilled nursing facility shall be 3.2 hours.

This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to increase the minimum number of direct care nursing hours per patient day in skilled nursing facilities. The bill would require the department to determine the need, and provide recommendations, for any increase in the minimum number of nursing hours per patient day and perform designated analysis. The bill would require the department, on or before May 1, 2001, to prepare a report on its analysis and recommendations and submit the report to the Legislature.

Governor Gray Davis of California signed AB 1731, a bill which will increase nursing home oversight and enforcement. As a part of the bill, nursing home staffing requirements will also be increased. Existing law provides that the minimum number of actual nursing hours per patient required in a skilled nursing facility shall be 3.2 hours.

This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to increase the minimum number of direct care nursing hours per patient day in skilled nursing facilities. The bill would require the department to determine the need, and provide recommendations, for any increase in the minimum number of nursing hours per patient day and perform designated analysis. The bill would require the department, on or before May 1, 2001, to prepare a report on its analysis and recommendations and submit the report to the Legislature.