No Patient Left Alone Act of 2025
No Patient Left Alone Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Summary: No Patient Left Alone Act of 2025 **What it does:** This bill would require hospitals that participate in Medicare (the federal health insurance program for seniors and some disabled individuals) to establish written policies guaranteeing patients' rights to have visitors. Hospitals would need to inform patients about these visitation rights when they arrive, including any limitations that might apply. **Who it affects:** The primary beneficiaries would be Medicare patients in hospitals, along with their families and visitors.
Hospitals accepting Medicare funding—which represents the vast majority of U.S. hospitals—would be required to comply with the new visitation policies. **Current status:** The bill was introduced in the 119th Congress by Representative Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ) and is currently in committee, meaning it has not yet been debated or voted on by the full House of Representatives.
CRS Official Summary
No Patient Left Alone Act of 2025This bill requires hospitals, as a condition of Medicare participation, to have certain written policies and procedures that provide for patient visitation rights and to inform patients of such rights, including any applicable restrictions.
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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.