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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I

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HB 5140 Long-term care facilities; public health emergency, patient visitation, end of life.

Introduced by: Roxann L. Robinson | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Long-term care facilities; public health emergency; patient visitation; end of life. Provides that during a declared public health emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, every hospital, nursing home, nursing facility, hospice, and assisted living facility shall allow visits from a patient's or resident's family members or any person designated by the patient when the patient has been diagnosed with a terminal condition or illness and the patient's death is expected to be imminent.


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