Louisiana: Support better protections for those hospitalized or in long-term care situations
Our Stand: At-A-Glance
UPDATED May 3, 2024
- UPDATE! HB976 passed unopposed from the House and will be heard in the coming weeks in Senate Health and Welfare. Send a statement of support to Senate Health and Welfare and ask for their favorable passage of HB976!
- In 2023, Representative Chuck Owen went to bat for Louisiana families to ensure they would never again suffer and die alone while patients in a healthcare facility. His efforts were scaled back last year by the legislature, specifically Senate Health and Welfare. This year, Rep Owen is once again determined to protect Louisiana families from the unthinkable policies that kept families apart at the most critical time of their lives.
- During the House Health and Welfare committee meeting, the bill originally filed was replaced, so it now has a new number, HB976.
- HB976 by Rep Chuck Owen ensures that the tragic events that took place during covid never take place again, and that patients will have access to their loved ones.
- Patients and long-term care residents should never be denied access to loved ones.
- If a healthcare worker can safely enter a resident’s room, a loved one can too.
- HB976 ensures that a designated caregiver will always have access to their loved one.
- HB976 ensures that no one will be forced to die alone ever again.
- HB976 ensures that patient neglect will not have the opportunity to go unnoticed.