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Bill Relating to health care facilities; to add Section 22-21-437 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to require health care facilities to adopt certain visitation policies; to provide that patients have a right to certain visitation; to allow patients to designate an essential caregiver and to guarantee that caregiver certain visitation rights; to prohibit a health care facility from adopting a visitation policy that is more stringent than certain employee policies; to prohibit a health care facility from requiring visitors to show proof of vaccination or from prohibiting consensual physical contact between visitors and patients; to provide for the circumstances in which patients may not be denied visitors who are not essential caregivers; to require health care facilities to provide visitation policies to the Department of Public Health; to require the Department of Public Health to develop a mechanism for complaints; to provide certain immunity from liability in certain circumstances; to exempt certain psychiatric care facilities from the provisions of this bill; and to repeal Sections 22-21-430 through 22-21-436, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to hospital visitation during a public health emergency. Health care facilities, patient right to visitors and essential caregiver, provided; adoption of certain visitation standards, required; submission of visitation policies to Department of Public Health, required for licensure; certain immunity from liability, provided us/states/al Alabama Legislature 2023rs SB 113 Alabama SB 113 (2023rs)
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Alabama SB 113 (2023rs) — Relating to health care facilities; to add Section 22-21-437 to the Code of Alabama 1975; to require health care facilities to adopt certain visitation policies; to provide that patients have a right to certain visitation; to allow patients to designate an essential caregiver and to guarantee that caregiver certain visitation rights; to prohibit a health care facility from adopting a visitation policy that is more stringent than certain employee policies; to prohibit a health care facility from requiring visitors to show proof of vaccination or from prohibiting consensual physical contact between visitors and patients; to provide for the circumstances in which patients may not be denied visitors who are not essential caregivers; to require health care facilities to provide visitation policies to the Department of Public Health; to require the Department of Public Health to develop a mechanism for complaints; to provide certain immunity from liability in certain circumstances; to exempt certain psychiatric care facilities from the provisions of this bill; and to repeal Sections 22-21-430 through 22-21-436, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to hospital visitation during a public health emergency.

Health care facilities, patient right to visitors and essential caregiver, provided; adoption of certain visitation standards, required; submission of visitation policies to Department of Public Health, required for licensure; certain immunity from liability, provided

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Act 2023-24 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Amendment QH2M41-1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Amendment SYST57-1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Amendment XS2MEZ-1 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
  7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Roll of the S for Vote 177 on SB113 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
  • Roll of the H for Vote 79 on SB113 (2023 Regular Session) — 101–0 (pass) · lower
  • Roll of the S for Vote 26 on SB113 (2023 Regular Session) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
  • Roll of the S for Vote 25 on SB113 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
  • Roll of the S for Vote 24 on SB113 (2023 Regular Session) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
  • Roll of the H for Vote 80 on SB113 (2023 Regular Session) — 100–1 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Garlan Gudger — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Enrolled
  • 2023-04-11T04:00:00+00:00 Concur In and Adopt
  • 2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Read a Third Time and Pass passage
  • 2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
  • 2023-04-06T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in Second House
  • 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in Second House
  • 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in Second House
  • 2023-04-05T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Health) committee-passage
  • 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Referred to Committee (Health) referral-committee
  • 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in Second House reading-1
  • 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Read A Third Time And Passed As Amended
  • 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
  • 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 Adopt
  • 2023-03-23T04:00:00+00:00 On Third Reading in House of Origin
  • 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Read Second Time in House of Origin
  • 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
  • 2023-03-22T04:00:00+00:00 Reported Favorably (Healthcare) committee-passage
  • 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Introduced and Referred (Healthcare) introduction, referral
  • 2023-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 Read First Time in House of Origin reading-1
  • 2023-04-18T18:50:00+00:00 Enacted as 2023-24 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/443afda5-17de-4346-abdc-ad6a70bf3b98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).

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