New Law Aims to Ensure Family Members in Nursing Homes Won’t Be Separated in Future Pandemic
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Families separated for months during lockdowns of nursing homes will now have visitation by at least one designated essential caregiver protected by law.
Kim Roberts

Mary Nichols has fought for over a year for the rights of herself, her mom, and others like her never to be kept from one another again.

The passage without opposition of Senate Bill (SB) 25, authored by Sen. Lois Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) and sponsored by Rep. James Frank (R-Wichita Falls), in the Texas House of Representatives on Tuesday, helps guarantee that.

Last summer, thousands of Texas residents signed a petition urging the governor and Texas Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to allow at least designated essential caregivers to visit these vulnerable Texans. The group, Texas Caregivers for Compromise, which is led by Nichols, has remained steadfast in its efforts and is pleased to see them come to fruition.

She told The Texan that she earnestly hopes “deaths due to extreme weight loss, despondency, and rapid cognitive decline brought on-- excerpt, rest at link above --