ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Fifty-fifth Legislature

Second Regular Session

 

HB 2633: hospitalizations; family visitation

Sponsor: Representative Nguyen, LD 1

Committee on Judiciary

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.   ☐ Prop 105 (45 votes) ☐ Prop 108 (40 votes) ☐ Emergency (40 votes) ☐ Fiscal NoteRequires a hospital to allow daily in-person visitation by the patient's family. (Sec. 1)

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

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

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