A majority of state House lawmakers support passing a law regulating how many patients a single nurse can take care of in hospitals. But don't expect it to come up for a vote any time soon.
As of Tuesday, 105 lawmakers—29 Republicans and 76 Democrats—have signed on as co-sponsors to the bill, currently sitting in the House Health Committee.
Despite this broad bipartisan support, the committee's chairperson, state Rep. Kathy Rapp, R-Warren, said at a hearing in her home district last week that the bill would not advance as long as it was before her panel.
