Relating to cross-over visitation between residents or tenants in a shared campus long-term care facility during a national public health emergency or public health disaster

This bill provides for visitation between residents and tenants of long-term care facilities during a national public health emergency or public health disaster. Under the bill, the department of inspections and appeals (DIA) shall require a long-term care facility that provides various levels of residential care in a shared campus setting to provide for cross-over visitation between residents or tenants who are related by consanguinity or affinity to maintain or improve the resident’s or tenant’s health and well-being during a national public health emergency or public health disaster. The long-term care facility may require compliance with certain precautionary measures relative to the visit to ensure the safety of all residents, tenants, and staff. DIA shall adopt administrative rules to administer the bill. The bill provides definitions for terms used in the bill including “cross-over visitation” which means visitation between an individual residing in a portion of a long-term care facility providing a specified level of care and an individual residing in another portion of a long-term care facility providing a different level of care; “long-term care facility”; “public health disaster”; “resident”; and “tenant”.