Bill Title: Requires that no residential health care facility restrict access to the facility by family members, guardians, friends, legal representatives, or representatives of community organizations who provide assistance in resolving problems and complaints concerning care and treatment; provides for common area for visiting and a visiting period except in extraordinary circumstances (such as health emergencies), of at least 10 hours within a 24-hour period, including at least two meal periods; requires written record upon denial of access to be maintained; imposes civil penalty not to exceed fifty dollars for each day such access was denied.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-26 - reported referred to codes [A02857 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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