Bill Text: IA SSB1196 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to visitation policies in hospitals and nursing facilities.(See SF 537.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-06 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 537. [SSB1196 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SSB1196-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1196
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
EDLER)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
visitation
policies
in
hospitals
and
nursing
1
facilities.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
135B.18B
Patient
visitation
1
policies.
2
As
a
condition
of
licensure
under
this
chapter,
a
hospital
3
shall
not
institute
a
policy
that
limits
a
patient’s
ability
to
4
receive
visitors
designated
by
the
patient
during
an
inpatient
5
hospital
stay,
regardless
of
the
patient’s
diagnosis.
However,
6
a
hospital
may
impose
infection
control
protocols
otherwise
7
required
that
are
related
to
the
physical
presence
of
such
8
designated
visitors.
9
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
135C.35A
Resident
visitation
policies
10
——
nursing
facilities.
11
As
a
condition
of
licensure
under
this
chapter,
a
nursing
12
facility
shall
not
institute
a
policy
that
limits
a
resident’s
13
ability
to
receive
visitors
designated
by
the
resident,
14
regardless
of
the
resident’s
diagnosis.
However,
a
nursing
15
facility
may
impose
infection
control
protocols
otherwise
16
required
that
are
related
to
the
physical
presence
of
such
17
designated
visitors.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
requires
that
as
a
condition
of
licensure
for
a
22
hospital
or
nursing
facility,
a
hospital
or
nursing
facility
23
shall
not
institute
a
policy
that
limits
a
patient’s
or
24
resident’s
ability
to
receive
visitors
designated
by
the
25
patient
during
an
inpatient
hospital
stay
or
designated
by
the
26
resident,
regardless
of
the
patient’s
or
resident’s
diagnosis.
27
However,
a
hospital
or
nursing
facility
may
impose
infection
28
control
protocols
otherwise
required
that
are
related
to
the
29
physical
presence
of
such
designated
visitors.
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