In order to influence policy, you have to understand how a bill is started, moves through the legislative system, and final enacted. In this assignment, you will trace a piece of legislation from introduction to how it impacts health care or nursing practice. Develop the assignment as if it will be used during a presentation at a conference or poster presentation.

Step 1: Identify a bill that relates to health care, a social issue, or nursing practice.

Step 2: answer the following questions

This is for: NUR415OL.1 - Policy, Finance, and Quality in Nursing and Healthcare

I have answered the following questions but am having difficulty finding information on a few specific questions. Please assist. This Bill is OHIO and set to go into effect March 2022.

Answers found:

Esther's Law

What is Esther's Law- Esther's law is also known as Senate Bill 58 (SB58)

Law to allow a resident or authorized representative to place surveillance measures in nursing homes.

• State the legislation. Ohio
• Who introduced/sponsored the bill?

Introduced by Steve Piskor (Resident's son) whom worked with law makers to pass the bill. Steve Piskor is also the Founder of Elderly Nursing Home Abuse Advocates that was established in 2011. He provided testimony on behalf of the bill. There were over 50 additional testimonies including residents, family members and additional family members of Esther Piskor.

• Why did the person introduce it?

Law was proposed due to a resident (Esther Piskor) being abused back in 2009, and family member installed camera to record abuse. The recording assisted to the aides' arrest and criminal conviction. This situation took place in Cleveland, Ohio.

Primary Sponsored by Nickie Antonio and Andrew O. Brenner. Cosponsored by 83 additional sponsors.

• Which committees were involved? House Families, Aging, and Human Services Committee, Senate Health Committee and Elderly Nursing Home Abuse Advocates were directly involved in the process of this bill.

Bill was passed unanimously 87-0 vote by the Senate in May, 2021.

Currently there are 10 states throughout the U.S that allow cameras inside nursing homes: Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington ("Esther's Law," 2022).

Need help answering:

• Who helped to draft the legislation?
• Was nursing involved?
• Was it authorized?
• Was it appropriated?
• Did it make it out of committee?
• Was it enacted?
• What is the impact on health care or nursing practice?