House Fiscal Agency Analysis
House Bill 4551 would amend the Public Health Code to prohibit a hospital from requiring a
registered nurse (RN) to work overtime, except under specified circumstances, and to provide
administrative sanctions for a violation. The bill also would require a hospital to provide an
RN who works 12 or more consecutive hours there with eight hours off duty after that shift.
Introduced in the House
May 11, 2023
Introduced
by
Rep. Betsy Coffia (D-103)
and 47 co-sponsors
Co-sponsored by Reps.
Will Snyder (D-87), Kara Hope (D-74), Jaime Churches (D-27), Ranjeev Puri (D-24), Donavan McKinney (D-14), Erin Byrnes (D-15), Veronica Paiz (D-11), Emily Dievendorf (D-77), Kelly Breen (D-21), Felicia Brabec (D-33), Lori Stone (D-13), Carrie Rheingans (D-47), Helena Scott (D-7), Penelope Tsernoglou (D-75), Kevin Coleman (D-25), Jennifer Conlin (D-48), Stephanie Young (D-16), Sharon MacDonell (D-56), Brenda Carter (D-53), Dylan Wegela (D-26), Jasper Martus (D-69), Jason Hoskins (D-18), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Denise Mentzer (D-61), David Prestin (R-108), Joey Andrews (D-38), Julie Brixie (D-73), Cynthia Neeley (D-70), Laurie Pohutsky (D-17), Rachel Hood (D-81), Jenn Hill (D-109), Jim Haadsma (D-44), Tyrone Carter (D-1), Nate Shannon (D-58), Jimmie Wilson (D-32), Phil Skaggs (D-80), Jason Morgan (D-23), Amos O’Neal (D-94), Tullio Liberati (D-2), Jamie Thompson (R-28), Alabas Farhat (D-3), Regina Weiss (D-6), John Roth (R-104), Natalie Price (D-5), Kathy Schmaltz (R-46), Kristian Grant (D-82) and Abraham Aiyash (D-9)
Referred to the Committee on Health Policy
