WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley issued the following press release:
Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, along with U.S. Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA-07) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), announced the reintroduction of their Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act.
To tackle staffing-related challenges, nurses are often forced to work mandatory overtime beyond their scheduled shift, which can endanger the safety of both patients and nurses. To address these challenges, the bicameral, bipartisan Nurse Overtime and Patient Safety Act would provide nurses with stronger federal workplace safeguards.
"We know that when truck drivers or pilots are pushed past the point of exhaustion, lives are put at risk. The same is true for nurses, an...