Hospitals - Clinical Staffing Committees and Plans - Establishment (Safe Staffing Act of 2026)
State of MarylandMarylandRequiring certain hospitals licensed in the State to comply with certain staffing standards, to establish and maintain a clinical staffing committee, and to implement a clinical staffing plan; requiring the chief nursing executive of each hospital to produce a draft clinical staffing plan and submit it to the clinical staffing committee of the hospital; requiring each clinical staffing committee to finalize a clinical staffing plan; requiring, by July 1, 2028, each hospital to implement a clinical staffing plan; etc.
- Status
- Passed
- Signed or otherwise enacted
- Status date
- Apr 28, 2026
- 198 days ago
- Current chamber
- Senate
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
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- Last action
- Approved by the Governor - Chapter 235 · Apr 28, 2026
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Subjects
- Public Health
- Committees and Commissions
- complaints
- Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Electronic Government
- Emergencies
- Evaluations and Reviews
- Health
- Health Care Commission
- Health Occupations
- Hospitals
- internet
- Notices
- Nurses
- Nursing Assistants
- Physicians
- Plans and Proposals
- Public Information
- Reports
- Work, Labor, and Employment
- Patients
- Standards and Best Practices
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