SB 596 (Menjivar, D-Van Nuys)

SB 596 would increase hospitals’ nurse staffing compliance requirements by mandating that they document the use and exhaustion of their on-call nurse list before qualifying for an exemption from staffing violation penalties. The bill defines an on-call list as at least 10% of the hospital’s registered nurse staff and requires that all nurses on the list maintain verified competencies specific to their assigned unit.