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House Panel OKs Bill Allowing Some Hospital And Nursing Home Visits During Pandemic


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Long-term care visitation has been restricted by Gov. Brian Kemp’s executive order and under federal guidelines.
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A committee of the Georgia House, despite industry opposition, passed a bill Monday allowing people to visit patients in hospital and long-term care facilities during a public health emergency like the current pandemic.
House Bill 290 would allow a “legal representative,’’ usually a loved one, to visit a patient or resident for a minimum of an hour a day, if that person meets a facility’s safety standards.
The House Human Resources and Aging Committee held a robust debate for a third time on the bill and took up several amendments before approving the legislation. ....

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Georgia House committee debates hospital patient visitation bill


The nation is currently in the midst of such an emergency — the COVID-19 pandemic.
The original version of the “Right to Visit’’ legislation, House Bill 290, would have prevented these facilities from getting or renewing their licenses if they maintained a policy to keep visitors away from patients during a “declared public health emergency.”
The new version, as outlined by Rep. Ed Setzler, R-Acworth, would put more limits on those visits. The changes were made after intense lobbying from the health care industry.
Instead of the more wide-open proposal, the revised bill would allow a patient’s “legal representative’’ to visit for a minimum of an hour a day, provided that this visitor meets the facility’s conditions. The representative would be someone designated by the patient to help make informed decisions on medical care, Setzler told the House Human Relations and Aging Committee. ....

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