H.F. 4055 - No Patient Left Alone Act

• Requires health care providers to allow at least one support person of the patient's or resident's choice to be physically present during care services, with support persons defined as individuals meeting physical/mental needs, providing end-of-life care, offering religious/spiritual support, or providing requested services.

• Mandates providers establish written policies describing visitation rights, any clinically necessary restrictions, and complaint procedures; support persons for minors cannot be subject to visitation hour restrictions, and maximum evening and weekend access must be provided.

• Prohibits patients or residents from being required to waive visitation rights or consent to additional conditions like advance directives or do-not-resuscitate orders as a condition of visitation; rights cannot be terminated by providers or government entities during declared emergencies.

• Establishes $500 per day civil penalty for knowing or willful violations; providers are not liable for giving support person access or for acts/omissions of support persons unless expressly required by federal law.

• Permits access restrictions in operating rooms, isolation units, behavioral health settings, emergency critical care situations, and when support persons have transmissible infections, pose danger, engage in disruptive behavior, or violate hospital policy; requires virtual visitation options when physical presence is exhausted.