Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: To Executive 3 R cosponsors

SB 257 — Relating to: patients' and residents' rights to visitors in a health care facility, restricting visitation, and liability for the actions of visitors.

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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    Introduced
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

311 added · 154 removed

Plain-language change summary

The changes to Bill SB 257 expand the rights of patients and residents in health care facilities regarding visitation, particularly during health emergencies like communicable disease outbreaks. The updated bill specifies that patients can designate up to three support persons, ensuring at least one can be physically present to assist with their care. This change aims to enhance patient support and accessibility in health care settings, particularly for those with disabilities. Overall, these amendments are important because they prioritize patient rights and support during vulnerable times.

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- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRBs0188/1 KMS:cdc SENATE SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 2, TO SENATE BILL 257 November 28, 2023 - Offered by SenatoACQUE.
- 2024 LEGISLATURE LRB-2785/1 KMS:cdc SENATE BILL 257 May 2, 2023 - Introduced by Senators J ACQUE , CABRAL-G UEVARA and T OMCZYK , cosponsored by Representatives W ICHGERS , MAXEY , BRANDTJEN , M URPHY, R ETTINGER, MOSES and B EHNKE .
Referred to Committee on Health.
and to create 50.083 and 50.373 of the statutes;relating to:
and to create 146.955 of the statutes;
visitation of a long-term care facility resident or hospital patient during a communicable disease outbreak.
relating to:
patients' and residents' rights to visitors in a health care facility, restricting visitation, and liability for the actions of visitors.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, an inpatient health care facility must allow an adult patient to receive visitors during the facility's regular visiting hours, unless the patient expresses in writing that he or she no longer wishes to receive a particular visitor, or the facility determines that the patient cannot receive visitors or that the presence of the visitor would endanger the health or safety of the patient or interfere with the primary operations of the inpatient health care facility.
This bill expands health care facilities' obligations to allow patients and residents to receive visitors, subject to COVID-19 infection protocols.
Under the bill, a health care facility must permit a patient with a disability to designate up to three support persons, defined as a family member, guardian, personal care assistant, or other paid or unpaid attendant designated by a patient to advocate or provide support for the patient.
The health care facility must allow at least one support person to be physically present with the patient during the patient's stay, if necessary to facilitate the care of the patient.
The bill prohibits a health care provider from requiring a patient to execute a declaration to physicians, consent to a do-not-resuscitate order, or execute a physician order for life-sustaining treatment as a condition of having a support person present.
The bill requires certain long-term care facilities to grant residents compassionate care visitation, defined as in-person visitation between a resident - 2024 Legislature - 2 - LRB-2785/1 KMS:cdc SENATE BILL 257 and any individual the resident requests as needed to alleviate the resident's physical or mental distress.
Under the bill, if the COVID-19 infection rate is 20 percent or higher in the county in which a long-term care facility is located, the long-term care facility must continue to offer compassionate care visitation in a way that minimizes infection risk.
If a long-term care facility has had no new onset of COVID-19 in the past 14 days and it is located in a county with a COVID-19 infection rate under 10 percent, the facility must permit indoor visitation in addition to compassionate care visitation.
The bill requires a hospital or primary care facility to allow a child patient to have daily, in-person visitation at reasonable times with a parent, individual standing in the place of a parent, or legal guardian.
In addition, the bill requires a hospital or primary care facility to allow an adult patient to have daily, in-person visitation at reasonable times with a spouse, support person, or legal guardian.
Under the bill, a hospital or primary care facility may restrict this visitation 1) at the request of the patient, law enforcement, or a court order;
2) if restricted access is necessary to prevent disruption to the care of the patient;
3) if the individual has signs and symptoms of a communicable infection, except that access must still be permitted through means that ensure patient safety;
or 4) if the individual is determined to be dangerous or contrary to the welfare of the patient.
The bill requires a hospice to allow a patient to have in-person visitation at reasonable times with individuals designated by the patient or a guardian, spouse, or support person.
In addition, the bill requires any health care facility to allow a clergy member or lay person to have in-person visitation with a patient to pray or offer spiritual support.
The bill permits a health care facility to establish a visitation policy which limits or restricts visitation when 1) the presence of visitors would be medically or therapeutically contraindicated;
2) the presence of visitors would interfere with the care of or rights of any patient or resident;
3) visitors are engaging in disruptive, threatening, or violent behavior toward any staff member, patient, or other visitor;
or 4) visitors are noncompliant with the health care facility's policy.
The bill directs the Department of Health Services to develop informational material regarding health care facility visitation, to present the informational material to the appropriate legislative committees, and to update the informational material as needed to allow for the maximum visitation possible in health care facilities.
Health care facilities must make the informational material available to patients and residents.
The bill provides that patients may file complaints with appropriate state agencies and licensing boards for a health care facility's violation of the provisions of this bill, and state agencies and licensing boards must investigate and penalize health care facilities for failure to comply with this bill.
However, the bill prohibits LRB-2785/1 - 2024 Legislature - 3 - KMS:cdc SENATE BILL 257 a state agency from taking action against a health care facility for granting visitors access to the facility or for the actions and omissions of those visitors.
50.083 of the statutes is created to read:
146.95 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
50.083 Visitation by essential visitor or clergy during a communicable disease outbreak.
146.95 (2) (b) (intro.) Subject to s.
(1) D EFINITIONSIn this section:
51.61 for a treatment facility, and except as provided in s.
(a) “Assisted living facility" means a community-based residential facility, as defined in s.
146.955, an inpatient health care facility may deny visitation with a patient to any person if any of the following applies:
50.01 (1g), a residential care apartment complex, as defined in s.
SECTION 2.
50.01 (6d), or an adult family home, as defined in s.
146.955 of the statutes is created to read:
50.01 (1) (b).
146.955 Patient visitation rights.
(b) “Essential visitor” means any of the following:
(1) D EFINITIONS.
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In this section:
An individual to visit and provide support to a resident in an assisted living facility or nursing home who is designated by the resident or the resident's guardian or agent under an activated power of attorney for health care.
(a) “Compassionate care visitation” means a visit with a resident that is necessary to meet the physical or mental needs of the resident.
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(b) “Health care facility" means a hospice, hospital, long-term care facility, primary care facility, or any other system, care clinic, care provider, or entity whose staff provides health care service to individuals in this state.
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The guardian of an assisted living facility or nursing home resident or the agent under an activated power of attorney for health care for an assisted living facility or nursing home resident.
(c) “Hospice” has the meaning given in s.
(c) “Member of the clergy” has the meaning given in s.
50.90 (1) (c).
765.002 (1).
(d) “Hospital” has the meaning given in s.
(d) “Nursing home" has the meaning given in s.
50.33 (2).
(e) “Long-term care facility” includes any of the following:
1.
A nursing home, as defined in s.
(2) A PPLICABILITYAt any time an assisted living facility or a nursing home limits visitors due to an outbreak or epidemic of communicable disease in the community in which the assisted living facility or nursing home is located, the assisted living facility or nursing home shall conform its visitation policy to this section.
(3) A SSISTED LIVING FACILITY AND NURSING HOME VISITATIONDURING A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OUTBREAK.
(a) 1.
Subject to pars.
(b) and (c), each assisted living facility and nursing home shall allow at least one essential visitor, who agrees to comply with any public health policies and infection prevention and control protocols of the assisted living facility or nursing home, to enter the assisted living facility or nursing home to visit the resident in compassionate care situations, including any of the following:
a.
The resident has recently been admitted to the assisted living facility or nursing home and is experiencing difficulty in adjusting to the change in environment and lack of family presence.
b.
The resident is grieving the recent death of a friend or family member.
c.
The resident is nearing end of life.
LRBs0188/1 - 2024 Legislature - 3 - KMS:cdc S ECTION 1 d.
In the judgment of the attending health care professional, as defined in s.
154.01 (1r), the benefits of the presence of the essential visitor outweighs the potential negative impacts that the essential visitor's presence might have on other patients, visitors, and staff in the assisted living facility or nursing home.
Subject to par.
A community-based residential facility, as defined in s.
(b), each assisted living facility and nursing home shall allow at least one member of the clergy to visit with a resident of the assisted living facility or nursing home.
50.01 (1g).
(b) An assisted living facility or a nursing home may deny visitation with a resident to any member of the clergy or essential visitor if any of the following applies:
3.
A facility, as defined in s.
647.01 (4).
4.
A swing bed in an acute care facility or extended care facility, as specified under 42 USC 1395tt.
5.
An adult family home, as defined in s.
50.01 (1).
6.
A residential care apartment complex, as defined in s.
50.01 (6d).
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A brain injury rehabilitation facility, as defined in s.
46.278 (1m) (a).
(f) “Patient with a disability” means a patient who needs assistance to effectively communicate with health care providers, make health care decisions, or engage in activities of daily living due to a physical, intellectual, behavioral, or cognitive disability, including deafness, being hard of hearing, communication barriers, blindness, autism spectrum disorder, or dementia.
(g) “Personal contact” means an encounter in which 2 or more people are in physical proximity to each other and may involve physical touching or oral communication.
(h) “Primary care facility” means any building, structure, institution, or place devoted primarily to the provision of outpatient, general health care services that is a main source for regular health care services for patients.
(i) “Resident" means an individual cared for or treated in a long-term care facility.
(j) “Support person” means a family member, guardian, personal care assistant, or other paid or unpaid attendant designated by a patient to advocate or provide support for the patient.
(2) L ONG-TERM CARE FACILITY VISITATION;
COMPASSIONATE CARE VISITA(a) 1.
A long-term care facility shall grant compassionate care visitation to residents.
2.
A long-term care facility shall have in place a protocol for compassionate care visitation which allows personal contact between residents and visitors that adheres to infection prevention guidelines disseminated by the federal centers for disease control and prevention or the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services.
(b) A resident may request any of the following individuals to visit for a compassionate care visitation:
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A friend.
2.
A family member.
3.
A clergy member.
4.
A lay person offering religious or spiritual support.
5.
An individual providing a service to the resident.
(c) Any of the following is considered compassionate care visitation:
The member of the clergy or essential visitor refuses to comply with any policies of the assisted living facility or nursing home that are in place to protect the health and safety of the member of the clergy or essential visitor, other visitors, residents, and staff in the assisted living facility or nursing home.
Support in end-of-life situations.
It is unknown if the member of the clergy or essential visitor is contagious with a communicable disease that poses a substantial risk to others and adequate precautions are not available to reasonably prevent the member of the clergy or essential visitor from infecting others at the assisted living facility or nursing home.
Adjustment support following a move to a new facility or environment.
The resident is known or suspected to be contagious with a communicable disease that poses a substantial risk to others and adequate precautions are not available to reasonably prevent the member of the clergy or essential visitor from becoming infected by the resident.
Emotional support after the loss of a friend or family member.
The resident has expressed that the resident does not wish to visit with the member of the clergy or essential visitor.
Physical support after eating or drinking issues, including weight loss or dehydration.
LRBs0188/1 - 2024 Legislature - 4 - KMS:cdc SECTION 1 (c) If the federal centers for disease control and prevention or the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services issues guidance that is more restrictive in allowing visitation than par.
5.
(a), an assisted living facility or nursing home may comply with that guidance instead of complying with par.
Social support for frequent crying, distress, or depression.
(a).
(d) A long-term care facility shall work with residents, families, caregivers, resident representatives, and health care providers, and may include the ombudsman program under s.
(4) C OMPLAINTS.
16.009 (4), to identify the need for compassionate care visitation, using a person-centered approach that takes a resident's request into account.
An individual may file a complaint with the department against an assisted living facility or a nursing home for failure to comply with this section.
(e) A long-term care facility shall ensure that decisions regarding end-of-life care are made by a resident with capacity or by the guardian or agent under an activated power of attorney of a resident found to be incapacitated under s.
(5) MMUNITY.
155.05 (2).
A health care professional, assisted living facility, nursing home, or employee, agent, or contractor of an assisted living facility or nursing home is immune from any civil or criminal liability for any act or omission while allowing visitation pursuant to sub.
(f) Within the scope of visitation provided by this subsection, a long-term care facility shall allow a resident making decisions regarding end-of-life care to be accompanied by a family member, guardian, or support person designated by the resident.
(3) (a).
- 2024 Legislature - 6 - LRB-2785/1 KMS:cdc SENATE BILL 257 SECTION 2 (g) 1.
SECTION 2.
If the COVID-19 infection rate in the county in which the long-term care facility is located is 20 percent or higher, a long-term care facility shall identify at least one way to allow compassionate care visitation, including personal contact, that minimizes the risk of infection to the resident and other residents.
50.373 of the statutes is created to read:
2.
50.373 Visitation by essential visitor or clergy during a communicable disease outbreak.
In a long-term care facility with no new onset of COVID-19 in the past 14 days and in counties with COVID-19 positivity rates that are less than 10 percent, a long-term care facility shall accommodate and support indoor visitation for reasons beyond compassionate care visitation.
(1) D EFINITIONS.In this section:
(h) A long-term care facility may do any of the following:
(a) “Essential visitor” means any of the following:
An individual to visit and provide support to a patient in a hospital who is designated by the patient or the patient's guardian or agent under an activated power of attorney for health care.
For a resident who shares a room with another resident, prohibit visitation in the resident's room, unless the health status of the resident prevents him or her from leaving the room.
The guardian of a patient in a hospital or the agent under an activated power of attorney for health care of a patient in a hospital.
Limit the number of visitors per resident at a given time based on the size of the building and the physical space of the building.
(b) “Hospital” has the meaning given in s.
3.
50.33 (2).
Limit movement in the long-term care facility.
(c) “Member of the clergy” has the meaning given in s.
4.
765.002 (1).
Require visitors to go directly to the resident's room or to a designated visitation area.
(2) APPLICABILITY.At any time a hospital limits visitors due to an outbreak or epidemic of communicable disease in the community in which the hospital is located, the hospital shall conform its visitation policy to this section.
(i) A long-term care facility shall grant entry to a health care provider who is not an employee of the long-term care facility but who provides direct care to a resident, provided that the health care provider follows proper infection control protocols.
LRBs0188/1 - 2024 Legislature - 5 - KMS:cdc SECTION 2 (3) H OSPITAL VISITATION DURING A COMMUNICABLE DISEASE OUTBREAK.
(3) VISITATION AND SUPPORT FOR A PATIENT WITH A DISABILI(a) Upon the request of a patient with a disability, a health care facility shall allow a patient with a disability to designate at least 3 support persons and shall allow at least one support person to be physically present with the patient with a disability during the patient's LRB-2785/1 - 2024 Legislature - 7 - KMS:cdc S ECTION 2 SENATE BILL 257 stay in the health care facility if necessary to facilitate the care of a patient with a disability, including if any of the following apply:
(a) A hospital shall allow the following visitations, except as provided in pars.
(b) and (c):
At least one member of the clergy may visit a patient to pray with the patient or offer spiritual support for the patient in any of the following situations:
The patient with a disability has a cognitive or mental health disability and requires the assistance of a support person to ensure effective communication with health care providers.
a.
The patient is nearing end of life.
b.
The patient is grieving the recent death of a friend or family member and has requested spiritual support.
c.
The patient is experiencing a life-threatening condition identified in the hospital's visitation policy and has requested spiritual support.
At least one essential visitor may visit a patient in any of the following situations:
The patient with a disability is deaf, hard of hearing, or has other communication barriers and requires the assistance of a support person to ensure effective communication with health care providers.
a.
3.
The patient is nearing end of life.
The patient with a disability is making a decision to consent to treatment or to refuse treatment.
b.
4.
The patient is grieving the recent death of a friend or family member.
The patient with a disability needs assistance with activities of daily living and the health care providers are unable to assist or are less effective than the support person at providing the assistance.
c.
5.
In the judgment of the attending health care professional, as defined in s.
The patient with a disability has behavioral health needs that the support person can address more effectively than the health care providers.
154.01 (1r), the benefits of the presence of the essential visitor outweighs the potential negative impacts that the essential visitor's presence might have on other patients, visitors, and staff in the hospital.
(b) A health care facility may not require, as a condition of having a support person present under this subsection, a patient with a disability to execute a declaration to physicians under s.
(b) A hospital may deny visitation with a patient to a member of the clergy or an essential visitor if any of the following applies:
154.03, consent to a do-not-resuscitate order under subch.
III of ch.
154, or execute a physician order for life-sustaining treatment.
(4) HOSPITAL OR PRIMARY CARE FACILITY VISITATIO(a) Notwithstanding s.
146.95 (2) (b), a child has the right to have daily personal contact at reasonable times with a parent, an individual standing in the place of a parent, or a legal guardian while the child receives care in a hospital or primary care facility, subject to par.
(d).
A hospital or primary care facility shall allow a parent, an individual standing in the - 2024 Legislature - 8 - LRB-2785/1 KMS:cdc SENATE BILL 257 S ECTION 2 place of a parent, or a legal guardian visiting a child under this paragraph to leave and reenter the hospital or primary care facility while the child is receiving care.
(b) Notwithstanding s.
146.95 (2) (b), an adult has the right to have daily personal contact at reasonable times with a spouse, support person, or legal guardian while the adult receives care in a hospital or primary care facility, subject to par.
(d).
A hospital or primary care facility shall allow a spouse, support person, or legal guardian visiting an adult under this paragraph to leave and reenter the hospital or primary care facility while the adult is receiving care.
(c) A hospital or primary care facility may not require a patient to waive the rights specified in par.
(a) or (b).
(d) A hospital or primary care facility may restrict access of any individual to a patient if any of the following apply:
The member of the clergy or essential visitor refuses to comply with any policies of the hospital that are in place to protect the health and safety of the member of the clergy or essential visitor, other visitors, patients, and staff in the hospital.
The patient has requested the individual's access to the patient be restricted.
It is unknown if the member of the clergy or essential visitor is contagious with a communicable disease that poses a substantial risk to others and adequate LRBs0188/1 - 2024 Legislature - 6 - KMS:cdc SECTION 2 precautions are not available to reasonably prevent the member of the clergy or essential visitor from infecting others at the hospital.
A law enforcement agency has requested the individual's access to the patient be restricted.
The patient is known or suspected to be contagious with a communicable disease that poses a substantial risk to others and adequate precautions are not available to reasonably prevent the member of the clergy or essential visitor from becoming infected by the patient.
A court order requires the individual's access to the patient be restricted.
The patient has expressed that the patient does not wish to visit with the member of the clergy or essential visitor.
Restricted access is necessary to prevent disruption to the care of the patient.
The hospital's policy requires the patient, or the patient's guardian or agent under an activated power of attorney for health care, to consent to the visitation and that consent has not been given.
The individual has signs and symptoms of a communicable infection, except that hospital or primary care facility shall permit an individual under this subdivision to have access to a patient through means that ensure the protection of the patient, including allowing access to the patient through telecommunication means or allowing personal contact if the individual follows infection prevention and control practices.
The patient is in the custody of a law enforcement officer and the law enforcement officer refuses to allow access to the patient for the visitation.
The individual is determined to be a danger to the patient or to be contrary to the welfare of the patient.
(c) If the federal centers for disease control and prevention or the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services issues guidance that is more restrictive in allowing visitation than par.
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(a), a hospital may comply with that guidance instead of complying with par.
Restricted access is permissible under sub.
(a).
(7).
(4) COMPLAINTS.
(5) HOSPICE VISITATION.A patient who is receiving hospice care or the guardian, spouse, or support person of a patient who is receiving hospice care may designate additional family members and friends who may have personal contact with the patient at reasonable times.
An individual may file a complaint with the department against a hospital for failure to comply with this section.
(6) C LERGY MEMBER OR LAY PERSON OFFERING RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL SUPPORT VISITATION.A health care facility must permit a clergy member or lay person offering religious or spiritual support to have personal contact with a patient to pray with or offer spiritual support for the patient while the patient receives care from the health care facility.
(5) IMMUNITY.
(7) V ISITATION LIMITS OR RESTRICTIONS.A health care facility may establish visitation policies that limit or restrict visitation when any of the following is true:
A health care professional, hospital, or employee, agent, or contractor of a hospital is immune from any civil or criminal liability for any act or omission while allowing visitation pursuant to sub.
(a) The presence of visitors would be medically or therapeutically contraindicated.
(3) (a).
(b) The presence of visitors would interfere with the care of or rights of any patient or resident.
SECTION 3.
(c) Visitors are engaging in disruptive, threatening, or violent behavior toward a staff member, patient, or other visitor.
146.95 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
(d) Visitors are noncompliant with a policy of the health care facility.
LRBs0188/1 - 2024 Legislature - 7 - KMS:cdc S ECTION 3 146.95 (2) (b) (intro.) Subject to s.
(8) INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS.
51.61 for a treatment facility, and except as provided in ss.
(a) Within 30 days after the effective date of this paragraph ....
50.083 and 50.373, an inpatient health care facility may deny visitation with a patient to any person if any of the following applies:
[LRB inserts date], the department shall develop informational materials on patient visitation under this section.
(b) The department shall submit a report regarding patient visitation under this section to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s.
13.172 (3).
- 2024 Legislature - 10 - LRB-2785/1 KMS:cdc SENATE BILL 257 S ECTION 2 (c) A health care facility shall make the informational materials under par.
(a) accessible to patients and residents upon admission or registration and shall post the informational materials on its website.
(d) Every 60 days or upon the release of applicable federal guidelines, the department, with input from the long-term care industry and the hospital industry, shall reevaluate and update the informational materials under par.
(a) as needed to allow for the maximum possible visitation in a health care facility under applicable federal guidelines.
(e) The informational materials under par.
(a) shall take into consideration and include the highest amount of privacy and dignity for interaction between patients and visitors.
(9) COMPLAINTS AND INVESTIGATION.
(a) An individual may file with the appropriate state agency or licensing board, including the department, a complaint against a health care provider or a health care facility for failing to comply with this section.
That state agency or licensing board shall investigate the complaint and may penalize a health care provider or health care facility for failure to comply with this section.
(10) LIMITED LIABILITY OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIEA state agency may not take any action against a health care facility for any of the following:
(a) Giving a visitor or other individual access to a health care facility.
(b) Failing to protect or otherwise ensure the safety or comfort of a visitor or other individual given access to a health care facility.
(c) Failing to follow the federal centers for disease control and prevention or the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services guidelines or other national LRB-2785/1 - 2024 Legislature - 11 - KMS:cdc SECTION 2 SENATE BILL 257 guidelines that require or recommend restricting visitor access to a health care facility.
(d) The acts or omissions of any visitor or other individual who is given access to a health care facility.
(11) C ONSTRUCTION.
(a) This section does not apply to any of the following:
1.
A minor who is in the custody of a county department, as defined under s.
48.02 (2g), a licensed child welfare agency, or the department of children and families.
2.
A minor who is a suspected victim in a pending abuse investigation under s.
48.981 (3).
3.
An individual who is in the custody of the department of corrections.
4.
An individual who is attending a preventive health care office visit during which evidence-based guidelines for preventive care recommend a confidential visit component for youth, as mutually agreed to by the patient and his or her physician.
(b) The rights specified in this section may not be terminated, suspended, or waived by any of the following:
1.
A health care facility.
2.
The department.
3.
A state or local board of health.
4.
The governor upon declaring of a state of emergency under s.
323.10 or ordering the department to take action.
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  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  3. Received from Senate

  4. Ordered immediately messaged

  5. Read a third time and passed

  6. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  7. Ordered to a third reading

  8. Senate Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  9. Read a second time

  10. Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Available for scheduling

  12. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  13. Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 2

  14. Executive action taken

  15. Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Jacque

  16. Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  17. LRB correction (Senate Substitute Amendment 1)

  18. Representative Bodden added as a cosponsor

  19. Public hearing held

  20. Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  21. LRB correction

  22. Senator Knodl added as a coauthor

  23. Representative Allen added as a cosponsor

  24. Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  25. Introduced by Senators Jacque, Cabral-Guevara and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Wichgers, Maxey, Brandtjen, Murphy, Rettinger, Moses and Behnke

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