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No Patient Left Alone Act of 2025
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify patients rights to hospital visitation, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends Medicare rules to require hospitals to codify and protect patients' visitation rights. Hospitals must establish written policies on visitation, inform patients of their rights, and allow patients to designate visitors including spouses, family members, or friends. Hospitals cannot restrict or deny visitation based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or disability. All designated visitors must receive full and equal visitation privileges.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Jefferson Van Drew’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $176,557
- ENTREPRENEUR $70,972
- PULSE VASCULAR $9,900
- ICONA RESORTS $9,900
- MONZO CATANESE HILLEGASS $9,000
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Jefferson Van Drew → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Feb 13, 2025 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. · house
- Feb 13, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2025
Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to codify patients rights to hospital visitation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No Patient Left Alone Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PATIENT VISITATION RIGHTS.
Section 1861 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended—
(1) in subsection (e)—
(A) in paragraph (8), by striking “and” at the end;
(B) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph
(10);
(C) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:
“(9) has written policies and procedures regarding the visitation rights of individuals receiving items and services at the institution, which shall include a description of any clinically necessary or reasonable restriction or limitation that such institution may need to place on such rights and the reasons for the clinical restriction or limitation, and a requirement that such institution—
“(A) inform each such individual of his or her visitation rights, including any clinical restriction or limitation on such rights;
“(B) inform each such individual of the right, subject to the individual’s consent, to receive the visitors whom the individual designates, including a spouse, another family member, or a friend, and the individual’s right to withdraw or deny such consent at any time;
“(C) may not restrict, limit, or otherwise deny visitation privileges on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, or disability; and
“(D) ensure that all visitors enjoy full and equal visitation privileges consistent with this paragraph; and”; and
(D) in the matter following paragraph (10), as redesignated, by striking “paragraph (9)” each place it appears and inserting “paragraph (10)” in each such place; and
(2) in subsection (f), by striking “(9)” and inserting
“(10)”. <all>
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