Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1709 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1709 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish direct care registered nurse-to-patient staffing ratio requirements in hospitals, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 12, 2025 Mr. Padilla (for himself, Mr. Merkley, Mr. Markey, and Ms. Warren) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ 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. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; FINDINGS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act of 2025''. (b) Table of Contents.--The ta…