The MNA has made passage of a safe staffing bill its top priority for 2001 as a means of addressing what nurses believe is a public health crisis in the Commonwealth—chronic under staffing of nurses in all health care settings. Below are reports, news articles, and legislation information on this critical issue. For more information or to comment, please contact David Schildmeier, MNA's Director of Communications, at dschildmeier@mnarn.org or 781.830.5717 or toll-free in MA at 800.882.2056, x717.

• What YOU can do to Pass Safe Staffing Legislation!
• Action Alert: State Budget Opens Door to Safe Staffing Legislation

Read About Safe Staffing Legislation

• Fact Sheet on MNA's Safe Staffing Bill (H 1186): "An Act Relative To Sufficient Nurse Staffing To Ensure Safe Patient Care "
• Read Actual Safe Staffing Bill (H 1186): "An Act Relative To Sufficient Nurse Staffing To Ensure Safe Patient Care"
• Read Research Support the Need for Safe Staffing Legislation in MA
• Legislative Sponsors of this Bill

• MNA Files Legislation in MA RE: Safe Staffing
• MNA Issues Report on Short and Long-term Initiatives To Address the Growing Nurse Shortage
• MNA Labor Cabinet helps draft federal proposal:
• Bill would ban mandatory overtime for healthcare workers
• MNA Applauds Senator Richard Moore For Introduction
• of Legislative Initiatives to Address Nursing Shortage (Jan 2001)
  • Senator Moore's Press Release on Legislative Package
  • Senator Moore's Legislative Package for a Healthy Future
• California PASSES Nation's First Safe Staffing Legislation
• California Nurses Outline Proposed Staffing Ratios
• Petition drive

Read News Coverage of Safe and Unsafe Staffing

Read the Research/Studies/Surveys about Safe Staffing Issues

Email your legislators and ask them to support the MNA's Safe Staffing Bill