Relating to visitation policies in nursing facilities and hospitals

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 17, 2021
2. ✕
   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to hospital patient and nursing facility resident visitation policies. Under the bill, as a condition of licensure, as applicable, a hospital or a nursing facility shall not institute any policy that limits the ability of a patient during an inpatient stay in a hospital of hours or more or a resident of a nursing facility to receive visitors designated by the patient or resident, including during a public health emergency. However, the bill provides that a hospital or nursing facility may impose reasonable safety requirements related to the physical presence of such designated visitors.

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