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Relating to visitation policies in hospitals and nursing facilities
Sponsored by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 27, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2023
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 6, 2023
- Stopped: Passes the SenateDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Hospitals and nursing homes cannot make rules that stop patients or residents from seeing the visitors they choose. These facilities must allow designated visitors regardless of a person's medical diagnosis. However, the facilities can still use safety rules to manage how those visitors interact with others to prevent the spread of germs.1
Read the official explanation
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.
Senate subcommittee
Named February 27, 2023 (as SSB 1196). On February 28, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
1 written public comment to its subcommittee: February 28, 2023 (1) · on the Legislature’s site
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Lobbying
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