Relating to visitation policies in hospitals and nursing facilities

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedMarch 3, 2023
2. –
   Skipped: SubcommitteeSkipped
3. ✓
   Done: Senate committeeMarch 6, 2023
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill requires that as a condition of licensure for a hospital or nursing facility, a hospital or nursing facility shall not institute a policy that limits a patient’s or resident’s ability to receive visitors designated by the patient during an inpatient hospital stay or designated by the resident, regardless of the patient’s or resident’s diagnosis. However, a hospital or nursing facility may impose infection control protocols otherwise required that are related to the physical presence of such designated visitors.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

Iowa Code it changes

Creates§135B.18B§135C.35A

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