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UPDATE: 2/23/2024 - HB 2161 died, carryover from the 2023 session failed to move in the House before the crossover deadline for bill to pass their originating chamber by 2/23/2024.
UPDATE 5/12/2023 - HB 2161 was held for consideration as it failed to be scheduled for hearing in House Health & Human Services Committee before the session adjourned on 5/12/2023.
HB 2161 was introduced and referred to the House Committee on Health and Human Services on 1/24/2023. It was sponsored by the same committee.
HB 2161 requires patient care facilities to adopt visitation rules to allow certain relatives and other persons, including clergy, to visit terminally ill patients and other patients making major medical decisions. The facility is not allowed to require proof of any vaccine or immunization.
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2161/ - text, status, and history of HB 2161
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