New law honoring Laura Levis aims to improve hospital access, avert another tragedy
By Priyanka Dayal McCluskey Globe Staff,Updated January 13, 2021, 3:28 p.m.
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Laura Levis, with her husband Peter DeMarco.
More than four years after Laura Levis collapsed outside the locked door of a hospital emergency room and later died, a new law in her name aims to prevent another such tragedy.
Massachusetts House and Senate lawmakers enacted the law in the final hours of their formal session last week, and Governor Charlie Baker plans to sign it Friday.
The measure known as âLauraâs Lawâ requires the state Department of Public Health to set standards for access to hospital emergency rooms, including appropriate lighting and signage to direct people to the ER, and security and monitoring of all ER entrances.