No Patient Left Alone Act is Moving Forward in this Legislative Session

(MISSOURINET) – What’s being called “No Patient Left Alone Act” is moving forward in this legislative session.

The measure was approved by the House and moved to the Senate Wednesday.

In response to hospital and long-term care facilities visitor restrictions during the pandemic, the law would guarantee patients the option of having select visitors.

Republican State Representative Rusty Black of Chillicothe says the bill protects those in their time of need and he says the is often confusion in crisis.

Opponents of the bill say health care professionals should be able to enforce quarantine rules independent of politics.