HR 1358 · in committee · significant
No Patient Left Alone Act of 2025
- healthcare
What this bill does
- Hospitals must establish written policies guaranteeing patients the right to have visitors.
- Medicare-participating hospitals and their patients are affected by this requirement.
- Hospitals must inform patients of visitation rights and any restrictions upon admission.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How should hospitals balance patient visitation rights with infection control and safety concerns in different care settings?
- 02
What specific visitor restrictions would hospitals be permitted to maintain under this bill, and who decides when they apply?
- 03
How might mandatory visitation policies affect hospitals' operational costs and staffing, particularly in intensive care units?
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Sponsor · D-NJ-2
Jefferson Van Drew
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Introduced 2025-02-13
Legislative timeline
2025-02-13 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-02-13 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-13 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-02-13 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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