Missouri Healthcare Patients to have Visitation Rights Strengthened

(MISSOURINET) –  Patients within Missouri’s hospitals, medical clinics and hospice care centers will have greater access to visits from their loved ones.

Governor Mike Parson has signed a bill into law that is in response to healthcare lockdowns during the pandemic.

It requires these businesses to allow patients to have at least two designated caregivers who can provide physical and mental support to their loved ones.

State Representative Rusty Black, of northwest Missouri’s Chillicothe, sponsored the bill.

The businesses can ban visitation for up to 45 days within a one-year period, but a single suspension cannot exceed one week.