Skilled Nursing News September 5, 2024
Half a dozen nursing homes in New Jersey have filed a lawsuit against the state’s minimum staffing mandate, challenging its constitutionality.
They are joined by the Health Care Association of New Jersey, according to a complaint, filed last week. The nursing homes argue that the 2020 law setting minimum staffing requirements is unachievable due to severe worker shortages exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
New Jersey’s staffing mandate was implemented in response to the pandemic’s devastating impact on the state’s nursing homes, and mandates specific staffing levels: one certified nursing aide for every eight residents during the day shift, 10 on evening shifts, and 14 on night shifts. The nursing homes argue that these requirements are impossible to meet given the...
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