AB257,,38 4. Physical support after eating or drinking issues, including weight loss or dehydration.

AB257,,39 5. Social support for frequent crying, distress, or depression.

AB257,,40 (d) A long-term care facility shall work with residents, families, caregivers, resident representatives, and health care providers, and may include the ombudsman program under s. 16.009 (4), to identify the need for compassionate care visitation, using a person-centered approach that takes a resident’s request into account.

AB257,,41 (e) A long-term care facility shall ensure that decisions regarding end-of-life care are made by a resident with capacity or by the guardian or agent under an activated power of attorney of a resident found to be incapacitated under s. 155.05 (2).

AB257,,42 (f) Within the scope of visitation provided by this subsection, a long-term care facility shall allow a resident making decisions regarding end-of-life care to be accompanied by a family member, guardian, or support person designated by the resident.

AB257,,43 (g) 1. If the COVID-19 infection rate in the county in which the long-term care facility is located is 20 percent or higher, a long-term care facility shall identify at least one way to allow compassionate care visitation, including personal contact, that minimizes the risk of infection to the resident and other residents.

AB257,,44 2. In a long-term care facility with no new onset of COVID-19 in the past 14 days and in counties with COVID-19 positivity rates that are less than 10 percent, a long-term care facility shall accommodate and support indoor visitation for reasons beyond compassionate care visitation.

AB257,,45 (h) A long-term care facility may do any of the following:

AB257,,46 1. For a resident who shares a room with another resident, prohibit visitation in the resident’s room, unless the health status of the resident prevents him or her from leaving the room.

AB257,,47 2. Limit the number of visitors per resident at a given time based on the size of the building and the physical space of the building.

AB257,,48 3. Limit movement in the long-term care facility.

AB257,,49 4. Require visitors to go directly to the resident’s room or to a designated visitation area.

AB257,,50 (i) A long-term care facility shall grant entry to a health care provider who is not an employee of the long-term care facility but who provides direct care to a resident, provided that the health care provider follows proper infection control protocols.

AB257,,51 (3) Visitation and support for a patient with a disability. (a) Upon the request of a patient with a disability, a health care facility shall allow a patient with a disability to designate at least 3 support persons and shall allow at least one support person to be physically present with the patient with a disability during the patient’s stay in the health care facility if necessary to facilitate the care of a patient with a disability, including if any of the following apply:

AB257,,52 1. The patient with a disability has a cognitive or mental health disability and requires the assistance of a support person to ensure effective communication with health care providers.

AB257,,53 2. The patient with a disability is deaf, hard of hearing, or has other communication barriers and requires the assistance of a support person to ensure effective communication with health care providers.

AB257,,54 3. The patient with a disability is making a decision to consent to treatment or to refuse treatment.

AB257,,55 4. The patient with a disability needs assistance with activities of daily living and the health care providers are unable to assist or are less effective than the support person at providing the assistance.

AB257,,56 5. The patient with a disability has behavioral health needs that the support person can address more effectively than the health care providers.

AB257,,57 (b) A health care facility may not require, as a condition of having a support person present under this subsection, a patient with a disability to execute a declaration to physicians under s. 154.03, consent to a do-not-resuscitate order under subch. III of ch. 154, or execute a physician order for life-sustaining treatment.

AB257,,58 (4) Hospital or primary care facility visitation. (a) Notwithstanding s. 146.95 (2) (b), a child has the right to have daily personal contact at reasonable times with a parent, an individual standing in the place of a parent, or a legal guardian while the child receives care in a hospital or primary care facility, subject to par. (d). A hospital or primary care facility shall allow a parent, an individual standing in the place of a parent, or a legal guardian visiting a child under this paragraph to leave and reenter the hospital or primary care facility while the child is receiving care.

AB257,,59 (b) Notwithstanding s. 146.95 (2) (b), an adult has the right to have daily personal contact at reasonable times with a spouse, support person, or legal guardian while the adult receives care in a hospital or primary care facility, subject to par. (d). A hospital or primary care facility shall allow a spouse, support person, or legal guardian visiting an adult under this paragraph to leave and reenter the hospital or primary care facility while the adult is receiving care.

AB257,,60 (c) A hospital or primary care facility may not require a patient to waive the rights specified in par. (a) or (b).

AB257,,61 (d) A hospital or primary care facility may restrict access of any individual to a patient if any of the following apply:

AB257,,62 1. The patient has requested the individual’s access to the patient be restricted.

AB257,,63 2. A law enforcement agency has requested the individual’s access to the patient be restricted.

AB257,,64 3. A court order requires the individual’s access to the patient be restricted.

AB257,,65 4. Restricted access is necessary to prevent disruption to the care of the patient.

AB257,,66 5. The individual has signs and symptoms of a communicable infection, except that hospital or primary care facility shall permit an individual under this subdivision to have access to a patient through means that ensure the protection of the patient, including allowing access to the patient through telecommunication means or allowing personal contact if the individual follows infection prevention and control practices.