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2020 SPECIAL SESSION I
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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HISTORY
- 08/26/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20200669D
- 08/26/20 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 11/09/20 House: Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions