Bill Text: TX SJR48 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a right for hospital patients to designate an essential caregiver for in-person visitation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Health & Human Services [SJR48 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SJR48-Introduced.html
| By: Paxton | S.J.R. No. 48 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a right for | ||
| hospital patients to designate an essential caregiver for in-person | ||
| visitation. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article I, Texas Constitution, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 36 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 36. (a) A patient of a hospital, as those terms are | ||
| defined by general law, has the right to designate at least one | ||
| essential caregiver with whom the hospital may not prohibit | ||
| in-person visitation. | ||
| (b) The legislature by general law may provide for | ||
| guidelines for a hospital described by Subsection (a) of this | ||
| section to follow in establishing essential caregiver visitation | ||
| policies and procedures. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 2, 2021. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: " The constitutional amendment establishing a right | ||
| for hospital patients to designate an essential caregiver for | ||
| in-person visitation." | ||
