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SSB 1196
Topics:Health careFamilies & human servicesProfessional licensing
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 27, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 27, 2023
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 6, 2023
- Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 537
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became SF 537 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to SF 537 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 these visits regardless of a person's medical diagnosis. However, the buildings can still use safety rules to manage how those visitors physically 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. 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
3 for · 0 against · 17 undecided · Who →
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