MA S915

Executive office must establish annual rate limits for nursing pools serving licensed facilities, with separate rates for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nursing assistants at nursing facilities and hospitals, capped at 130% of average hourly base rates for permanent staff

Temporary nursing service agencies are limited to no more than 5% in overhead costs and no more than 5% in profit

Executive office must create a publicly available Temporary Nursing Service Agency Performance Report Card that includes compliance audits, staff reliability records, facility complaint responses, and average amounts charged and paid by license type

Nursing pools are prohibited from soliciting or hiring employees from nursing facilities where they have active contracts, extending 12 months after contract termination

Temporary nursing agencies must provide replacement staff when scheduled employees fail to show, meet all qualification and training requirements for their positions, and pay any fines assessed by the Department of Public Health for quality of care or documentation violations by their assigned staff