S 678 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Establishes "New Jersey No Patient Left Alone Act"; requires certain facilities to establish policies guaranteeing visitation rights for facility residents.

S 678, the "New Jersey No Patient Left Alone Act," requires specific facilities - including community residences for the developmentally disabled, hospices, long-term care facilities, and veterans' homes - to establish written visitation policies within 30 days. These policies must guarantee residents receive at least two hours of daily in-person visits from family, friends, caregivers, or spiritual advisors, with unlimited visitation for terminally ill patients. Facilities cannot ask visitors about vaccination status, must allow consensual physical contact, and must post policies online within 24 hours. The law applies immediately upon enactment and directly affects residents of these facilities across New Jersey.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
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