Massachusetts nurses commended House and Senate legislators for including an overtime ban in its health care cost-reduction bill.
Members of the state legislature revealed a proposal that would reportedly save up to $200 billion in health care costs over the next 15 years and help guarantee the future of the state's health care law.
Embedded in the law is a provision that prohibits hospitals from working mandatory overtime unless it's an emergency situation where the patient safety requires it and when there is no alternative. Nurses can't work beyond 16 consecutive hours in 24-hour period.
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