Bill Amendment: AZ HB2575 | 2021 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 1st Regular
Bill Title: Hospitals; visitation
Status: 2021-05-05 - Chapter 321 [HB2575 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2021-HB2575-SENATE_-_Mesnard_flr_amend_ref_Bill_sub_HHS_adopted.html
Bill
Number: H.B. 2575
Mesnard Floor Amendment
Reference to: House engrossed bill
Amendment drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Directs hospitals to provide notice of visitation policies to a patient or their representative.
2. Allows clergy to visit patients in-person, if authorized by the hospital visitation policy and the patient or their representative.
3. Requires hospitals to facilitate a virtual clergy visit if the hospital visitation policy does not allow for in-person visits.
Fifty-fifth Legislature Mesnard
First Regular Session H.B. 2575
MESNARD FLOOR AMENDMENT
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2575
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
Page 1, line 4, strike the third semicolon
Strike line 5
Line 6, strike "A." insert "A hospital shall provide notice of its visitation policy to a patient or the patient's representative. If"; after "policy" insert "allows in-person visitation of any kind and if authorized by the patient or the patient's representative, the hospital"
Line 7, strike "patients" insert "the patient in person"; after "purposes" insert a period strike remainder of line
Strike line 8
Line 9, strike "in-person clergy visitation regardless of the time of day."
Line 11, strike "clergy" insert "in-person"; after the period insert "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 must facilitate a virtual clergy visit using communication technology."
Strike lines 12 and 13
Amend title to conform
