l9n/ Connecticut

2008 Regular Session

Senate Bill 470

AN ACT CONCERNING THE SHORTAGE OF NURSING AND ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on April 3, 2008. The 2008 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To establish initiatives that successfully develop, recruit and retain qualified faculty members, and support expansion of classroom and laboratory resources, with the goal of accommodating admission of all interested and qualified candidates to nursing and allied health programs; to support acquisition of patient lifting equipment essential to patient safety, prevention of injury and retention of older health care workers; and to provide funding for a scholarship program for nursing and emergency medical technician education.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    Lawrence G. Miller, Joan A. Lewis

    Its course

    February 26 to April 3, 2008, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action10 actions on 6 days

    In the SenateFeb 26 to Apr 3 · stopped37 days

    Higher Education and Employment Advancement CommitteeFeb 26 to Mar 1114 days

    Appropriations CommitteeApr 3 to Apr 3 · stopped0 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Feb 26 – Apr 3

    1. Feb 26Introduced and sent to Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
    2. Feb 29Heard in Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee
    3. Mar 11Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. Apr 3Sent to Appropriations Committee
    All 10 actions, as published
    1. Feb 26REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 29PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 11Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 11FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 18REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Mar 26RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Mar 26FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    8. Mar 26SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    9. Mar 26FILE NO.Both houses
    10. Apr 3REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate