ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session
	House: JUD DPA 9-0-0-1

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HB 2633: hospitalizations; family visitation

Sponsor: Representative Nguyen, LD 1

House Engrossed

Overview

Mandates hospitals must allow daily in-person family visitation to a patient and outlines requirements for the hospital's policies regarding family visitation.

History

Current statute requires a hospital to provide notice of its visitation policy to patients. If a hospital's visitation policy allows in-person visitation of any kind, and if authorized by the patient, the hospital is required to allow clergy to visit the patient in-person for religious purposes. Clergy must comply with reasonable health and safety precautions imposed by hospitals with in-person visitation. If a hospital's visitation policy does not allow in-person visitation of any kind at all times or temporarily for health and safety reasons, the hospital is required to facilitate a virtual clergy visit. (A.R.S. § 36-407.01).

Provisions

1. Requires a hospital to develop a policy to allow the patient to have daily, in-person visitation with a designated visitor of the patient's choice, which may include family. (Sec. 1)

2. Outlines requirements for the hospital's policies regarding family visitation. (Sec. 1)

3. Requires all visitors to comply with reasonable health and safety precautions imposed by the hospital. (Sec. 1)

4. Specifies that a physician may deny visitation if the physician determines, based on the patient's condition, that the visitation does not meet health and safety standards or is reasonably likely to harm the patient. (Sec. 1)

5. Exempts the Arizona State Hospital from the above requirements. (Sec. 1)

6. Entitles this act as the "Glenn Martin Act". (Sec. 2)

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