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Under the bill, facilities can still limit things like visitor movements and the number of visitors per patient, but cannot require patients be vaccinated against any disease to receive treatment or visitors. Experts warn it could cause a conflict between state and federal requirements.
State Rep. Ed Lewis had just hours to say goodbye.
HUC-JIR is no longer bound by a 72-year-old obligation to "permanently maintain rabbinical schools" in Cincinnati and New York.
Under the bill, facilities can still limit things like visitor movements and the number of visitors per patient, but cannot require patients be vaccinated against any disease to receive treatment or visitors. Experts warn it could cause a conflict between state and federal requirements.
A bill heard Wednesday aims to prevent the type of visitor restrictions hospitals and nursing homes imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic