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29		-	BILL NO. 3313 By: Roe, Boles, Stark, McDugle,
30		-	Phillips, Hasenbeck,
31		-	Bashore and Fetgatter of
32		-	the House
	29	+	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
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34		-	~~and~~
	31	+	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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36		-	Garvin of the Senate
	33	+	2nd Session of the 58th Legislature (2022)
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	35	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
	36	+	FOR
	37	+	HOUSE BILL NO. 3313 By: Roe, Boles, Stark, McDugle,
	38	+	and Phillips
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	43	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
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42	45		An Act relating to hospital visitation; amending 63
43	46		O.S. 2021, Section 1-706a, which relates to the No
44		-	Patient Left Alone Act; providing for applicability
45		-	of act to certain minor patients; modifying
46		-	provisions related to right of adult patients;
47		-	prescribing standard related to presence of visitors;
48		-	authorizing hospitals to enact policies related to
49		-	visitation hours; providing for policies related to
50		-	end-of-life; modifying provisions related to actions
51		-	against hospitals; authorizing civil actions;
52		-	prescribing remedies; providing for affirmative
53		-	defense to actions; prescribing statute of
54		-	limitation; authorizing recovery of costs and
55		-	attorney fees; providing for codification; and
56		-	providing an effective date.
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	47	+	Patient Left Alone Act; mod ifying requirements;
	48	+	requiring agency reporting; requiring agency
	49	+	investigation of claims; creating private cause of
	50	+	action; creating requirements; specifying da mages;
	51	+	providing for codification; providing an effe ctive
	52	+	date; and declaring an emergency.
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62	57		BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
63	58		SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 63 O.S. 2021, Section 1-706a, is
64	59		amended to read as follows :
65	60		Section 1-706a. A. This section shall be known and may be
66	61		cited as the "No Patient Left Alone Act ".
67	62		B. Subject to the provisions of subsections D and E of this
68	63		section, each minor who is admitted to a hospital licen sed pursuant
	64	+	to Section 1-702 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title,
	65	+	including a minor patient hospitalized with CO VID-19, has the right
	66	+	to have a parent, guardian or person standing in loco parentis who
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95		-	to Section 1-702 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title,
96		-	including a minor patient hospitalized with CO VID-19, has the right
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98	94		shall have the ability to be physically present while the minor
99	95		patient is receiving hospital care.
100	96		C. Subject to the provisions of subsections D and E of this
101	97		section, each adult who is admi tted to a hospital licensed pursuant
102	98		to Section 1-702 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title,
103	99		including a patient hospitalized with CO VID-19, has the right to
104	100		designate a spouse, or at least one family member or caregiver who
105	101		shall have the ability t o be physically present while the adult
106	102		patient is receiving hospital car e.
107	103		D. A hospital may establish visitation policies that limit or
108	104		restrict visitation when:
109	105		1. The presence of visitors would be medically or
110	106		therapeutically contraindicated in the b est clinical judgment of
111	107		health care professionals; however, a diagnosis of COVID-19 alone
112	108		shall not constitute a medical or therapeu tic cause for visitation
113	109		rights to be removed;
114	110		2. The presence of visitors would interfere with the care of or
115	111		rights of any patient;
116	112		3. Visitors are engaging in disruptive, threatening or violent
117	113		behavior toward any staff member, patient or other v isitor; or
118	114		4. Visitors are noncompl iant with hospital policy.
	115	+	E. A hospital may require visitors to wear personal protective
	116	+	equipment, provided that any such required equipment shall be
	117	+	provided by the hospital . A hospital may require visitors to compl y
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145		-	E. A hospital may require visitors to wear personal protective
146		-	equipment, provided that any such required equipment shall be
147		-	provided by the hospital . A hospital may require visitors to c omply
148	145		with reasonable safety protocols a nd rules of conduct. The hospital
149	146		may revoke visitation rights for failure to comply with this
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151	148		F. A hospital may enact policies establishing reasonable
152	149		visitation hours; provided, the policies allow for a compassionate
153	150		exemption process for twenty-four-hour visitation in end-of-life
154	151		scenarios.
155	152		G. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a
156	153		hospital to allow a visitor to enter an operating room, isolation
157	154		room, isolation unit , behavioral health setting or other typically
158	155		restricted area or to remain present during the administration of
159	156		emergency care in critical situations . Nothing in this section
160	157		shall be construed to require a hospital to allo w a visitor access
161	158		beyond the rooms, units or wards in which the p atient the visitor is
162	159		visiting is receiving care or beyond general common areas in the
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164	161		G. H. The rights specified in this section may not be
165	162		terminated, suspended or waived by the ho spital, the State
166	163		Department of Health or any governmental entit y, notwithstanding
167	164		declarations of emergency declared by the Governor or the
168	165		Legislature. No hospital licensed pursuant to Section 1-702 of
	166	+	Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title shall require a patient
	167	+	to waive the rights specified in this section.
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195		-	Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title shall require a patient
196		-	to waive the rights specified in this section.
197	195		H. I. Each hospital licensed pursuant to Section 1-702 of Title
198	196		63 of the Oklahoma Statutes this title shall post on its website
199	197		informational materials developed by the State Department of Health
200	198		explaining the rights specified in this section . The State
201	199		Department of Health s hall develop such informational materials and
202	200		make the materials available to hospitals for thi s purpose.
203	201		I. J. Unless expressly required by federal law o r regulation,
204	202		the State Department of He alth or any other state agency shall not
205	203		take any action agains t a hospital for:
206	204		1. Giving a visitor individual acces s to a hospital-controlled
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208	206		2. Failing to protect or otherwise ensure the sa fety or comfort
209	207		of a visitor given acces s to a hospital-controlled property or
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211	209		3. Failing to follow the guidelines of the Centers for Disease
212	210		Control and Prevention or other federal gui delines that require or
213	211		recommend restricting visitor access all reasonable facility safety
214	212		protocols and rules of conduct ; or
215	213		4. The acts or omissions of any vi sitor who is given access to
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	215	+	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
	216	+	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-706b of Title 63, unless there
	217	+	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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243		-	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
244		-	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-706b of Title 63, unless there
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246		-	A. Where a complaint has been made against a hospital for
	245	+	1. Where a complaint has been made against a hospital for
247	246		violating the No Patient Left Alone Act, a complainant may bring a
248	247		civil action against the hospital for:
249		-	1. Injunctive relief to prevent the hospital from further
250		-	violations of this section;
251		-	2. Statutory damages in the amount of Two Thousand Five ~~Hun dred~~
252		-	Dollars ($2,500.00) for each day that the ~~defendant violated the No~~
253		-	Patient Left Alone A ct; and
254		-	3. Costs and attorney fees .
255		-	B. A court may not award relief under this section in response
	248	+	a. injunctive relief to prevent the hospital from further
	249	+	violations of this section,
	250	+	b. statutory damages in the amount of Two Thousand Five
	251	+	Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each day that the
	252	+	defendant violated the No Patient Left Alone A ct, and
	253	+	c. costs and attorney fees .
	254	+	2. A court may not award relief under this section in response
256	255		to a violation of the No Patient Left Alone Act if the defendant
257	256		demonstrates that th e defendant previously paid the full amount of
258	257		statutory damages in a previous action for that particular incident
259	258		which violated the No Patient Left Alone Act , or if the defendant
260	259		demonstrates that the defendant previously settled a civil action
261	260		for the same incident that violated the No Patient Left Alone Act.
262		-	C. A person may bring an action under the No Patient Left ~~Alone~~
	261	+	3. A person may bring an action under the No Patient Left Alon e
263	262		Act not later than one (1) year after the date of the violations of
264	263		the No Patient Left Alone Act.
	264	+	4. A defendant of an action under th is section shall be
	265	+	entitled to costs and attorney fees as the court may find
	266	+	appropriate for any unmerited claims.
	267	+	SECTION 3. This act shall become effecti ve July 1, 2022.
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291		-	D. A defendant of an action under th is section shall be
292		-	entitled to costs and attorney fees as the court may find
293		-	appropriate for any unmerited claims.
294		-	SECTION 3. This act shall become effecti ve July 1, 2022.
295	295		SECTION 4. It being immediate ly necessary for the preservation
296	296		of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
297	297		declared to exist, by reason wher eof this act shall take effect and
298	298		be in full force from and aft er its passage and approval.
299		-	Passed the House of Representatives the 21st day of March, 2022.
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	300	+	COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC HEALTH, dated 03/02/2022 -
	301	+	DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored.