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2021 SESSION
SB 1356 Hospitals, nursing homes, etc.; visits by clergy.
Introduced by: Jennifer A. Kiggans | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, hospices, and assisted living facilities; visits by clergy; public health emergency. Requires the Board of Health to include in regulations governing hospitals, nursing homes, certified nursing facilities, and hospices and the Board of Social Services to include in regulations governing assisted living facilities a requirement that, during a public health emergency related to a communicable disease of public health threat, each hospital, nursing home, certified nursing facility, hospice, and assisted living facility establish a protocol to allow patients to receive visits from a rabbi, priest, minister, or clergy of any religious denomination or sect consistent with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and subject to compliance with any executive order, order of public health, Department of Health guidance, or any other applicable federal or state guidance having the effect of limiting visitation. The bill provides that such protocol may restrict the frequency and duration of visits and may require visits to be conducted virtually using interactive audio or video technology. Additionally, the protocol may require the person visiting a patient to comply with all reasonable requirements of the facility adopted to protect the health and safety of the person, patients, and staff.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101880D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103738D-S1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101880D
- 01/12/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/22/21 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 01/28/21 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103738D-S1
- 01/29/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (35-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/01/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103738D-S1
- 02/01/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1356S1
- 02/02/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Health, Welfare and Institutions by voice vote