Text of OR HB 3217 (2007)

Gives cohabiting adults same privileges to visit each other in health care facility as visitation privileges enjoyed by member of patient's immediate family

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 74th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2007 Regular Session House Bill 3217 Sponsored by Representative RICHARDSON SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor′s brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Gives cohabiting adults same privileges to visit each other in health care facility as visitation privileges enjoyed by member of patient′s immediate family. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to benefits involving cohabiting adults. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. An adult who cohabits with another adult who is a patient in a health care facility, as defined in ORS 442.015, has the same visitation privileges in the health care fa- cility as the visitation privileges enjoyed by a member of the patient′s immediate family. NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted. New sections are in boldfaced type. LC 3034