Authorizes involuntary overtime for certain healthcare professionals that is necessary for immediate and unanticipated patient care emergencies. This act also prohibits the employer from using prescheduled on-call time to fill chronic or foreseeable staff shortages.   Official Text and Analysis.

Removes state veterans' homes from the list of covered health care facilities that may not require employees to work overtime.

Extends the prohibition on mandatory overtime in certain types of health care facilities to additional employees. The substitute also modifies exceptions to the prohibition on mandatory overtime related to prescheduled on-call time and completion of patient care procedures.

Strikes the underlying bill and limits the exception for prescheduled on-call time to situations where the employer made a good faith effort to limit the use of on-call time to hours outside a hospital department's normal operating hours. Adds an exception when an employee voluntarily accepted an oncall shift following a regularly scheduled shift.

Removes critical access hospitals from the definition of "health care facility".

Removes hospices from the definition of "health care facility".

Removes rural health care facilities from the definition of "health care facility”.

Strikes language prohibiting an employer from scheduling nonemergency procedures that would require overtime.

Adds state veterans' homes to the definition of "health care facility".

Defines "employee" as a person who receives an hourly wage and is not covered by a collective bargaining agreement.

Adds an exception to the prohibition on mandatory overtime when an employee voluntarily accepted an on-call shift following a regularly scheduled shift.

Strikes the underlying bill and provides that an employee of a health care facility may not work more than 16 hours in a 24-hour period. Provides exceptions for: (a) critical access hospitals; (b) unforeseeable emergent circumstances; and (c) situations where the employee or the employee's supervisor determines that the employee's absence could have an adverse effect on a patient.

Extends the prohibition on mandatory overtime in certain types of health care facilities to additional employees. Modifies exceptions to the prohibition on mandatory overtime related to prescheduled on-call time and completion of patient care procedures. Exempts critical access hospitals from the prohibition on mandatory overtime.

Provides that the prohibition on mandatory overtime in health care facilities applies to surgical technologists, diagnostic radiologic technologists, cardiovascular invasive specialists, respiratory technicians, and certified nursing assistants. The exceptions to the prohibition on mandatory overtime are modified. The exception for prescheduled on-call time applies only if the prescheduled on-call time is necessary for immediate and unanticipated patient care emergencies. The employer may not use prescheduled on-call time to fill chronic or foreseeable staff shortages. The exemption does not apply to critical access hospitals. Employers also may not schedule non-emergency procedures that would require overtime.