Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.
2023 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2062
No Patient Left Alone Act; enact.
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 WAIVE 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
Sponsor
Its course
January 9 to January 31, 2023, 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 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 days
Public Health and WelfareJan 9 to Jan 31 · stopped22 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 9 – Jan 31
- Jan 9Referred to the Senate committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Jan 31Died in committee in the Senate
All 2 actions, as published
- Jan 9Referred To Public Health and WelfareSenate
- Jan 31Died In CommitteeSenate