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2022 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2890

No Patient Left Alone Act; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on February 1, 2022. The 2022 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO CREATE THE NO PATIENT LEFT ALONE ACT; TO PROVIDE THAT MINOR AND ADULT PATIENTS SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO DESIGNATE A VISITOR WITH VISITATION RIGHTS; TO AUTHORIZE HOSPITALS TO ESTABLISH CERTAIN VISITATION POLICIES; TO ALLOW HOSPITAL TO MANDATE CERTAIN SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND THE ABILITY TO REVOKE VISITATION RIGHTS FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY; TO PROHIBIT THE TERMINATION, SUSPENSION OR WAIVER OF VISITATION RIGHTS BY CERTAIN PARTIES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS TO THESE RIGHTS; TO PROHIBIT HOSPITALS FROM REQUIRING PATIENTS WAIVER OF CERTAIN RIGHTS; TO REQUIRE THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO DEVELOP CERTAIN INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

Its course

January 17 to February 1, 2022, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the SenateJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 17 to Feb 1 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the Senate Jan 17 – Feb 1

  1. Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
  2. Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published