2017 -- H 6196 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTH CARE FACILITIES STAFFING | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Barros, Cunha, Tobon, Blazejewski, and Maldonado | |
Date Introduced: May 05, 2017 | |
Referred To: House Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 23-17.20 of the General Laws entitled "Health Care Facilities |
2 | Staffing" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 23-17.20-3.1. Overtime requirement for first-year medical residents. |
4 | (a) No health care facility as defined in ยง23-17.20-2 shall require a first-year medical |
5 | resident to accept work in excess of an agreed to, predetermined scheduled work shift of twenty- |
6 | four (24) hours except in an unforeseeable emergent circumstance. |
7 | (b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit voluntary overtime in excess of an |
8 | agreed to, predetermined scheduled work shift of twenty-four (24) hours. |
9 | (c) The provisions of this section shall not apply in the case of an unforeseeable emergent |
10 | circumstance when: |
11 | (1) The overtime is required only as a last resort and is not used to fill vacancies resulting |
12 | from chronic short staffing; and |
13 | (2) The employer has exhausted reasonable efforts to obtain staffing. |
14 | (d) The requirement that the employer shall exhaust reasonable efforts to obtain staffing |
15 | shall not apply in the event of any declared national, state or municipal emergency or a disaster or |
16 | other catastrophic event which substantially affects or increases the need for health care services. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- HEALTH CARE FACILITIES STAFFING | |
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1 | This act would prohibit health care facilities from requiring first-year medical residents to |
2 | work a shift in excess of twenty-four (24) hours, except in an unforeseeable emergent |
3 | circumstance or in the event of any declared national, state or municipal emergency, disaster or |
4 | other catastrophic event. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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