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2023 Regular Session

Senate Bill 2802

"No Patient Left Alone Act"; enact.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee on January 31, 2023. The 2023 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT CREATING THE "NO PATIENT LEFT ALONE ACT"; TO PROVIDE FOR MINOR AND ADULT PATIENTS TO DESIGNATE A VISITOR WITH UNRESTRICTED VISITATION; TO PROHIBIT TERMINATION, SUSPENSION OR WAIVER OF VISITATION RIGHTS BY CERTAIN PARTIES; TO PROVIDE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS; TO PROHIBIT HOSPITALS FROM REQUIRING PATIENT WAIVER OF CERTAIN RIGHTS; TO REQUIRE POSTING OF 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 16 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 16 to Jan 31 · stopped15 days

Public Health and WelfareJan 16 to Jan 31 · 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 16 – Jan 31

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