~Senate finance votes on HB 905 TODAY at 2:30PM!~

Many Maryland hospitals face critical staffing shortages, leading to high staff turnover and burnout, longer emergency room wait times, and reduced quality of care.

The Patient Worker Collaborative is a new coalition of patients and their family members, healthcare workers, and community partners working to pass the Safe Staffing Act of 2025 in the Maryland General Assembly. Collectively, our coalition represents over 1 million Marylanders who are concerned about and affected by the hospital short staffing crisis.

Maryland patients need the Safe Staffing Act of 2025 to address the staffing crisis. Here’s how it benefits patients and care workers:

• Improves the quality of patient care, working conditions for the care team, and reduces ER wait times.

• Fosters collaboration between care workers, employers, and patients.

• Collects and shares data on worker retention, challenges, and outcomes of staffing strategies.

• Enhances recruitment and retention of healthcare workers.

Tell your legislators in the Senate Finance committee to support the Safe Staffing Act of 2025 (HB 905) by sending the following email template.

Thank you for supporting better patient outcomes and healthcare workers!