Don’t Lock Nursing Home and Long Term Care Facility Residents Away From Loved Ones During A Public Health Emergency

SITUATION: Data shows that no one suffered more during the Covid pandemic than elders and disabled individuals in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. They disproportionately died from COVID and were isolated because they were unable to see relatives.

Let’s learn from our mistakes and fix this before the next public health emergency.   

California State bill AB 2075—which passed the Assembly on May 23—guarantees that nursing home and long-term-care facility residents will have access to a designated family member, friend, or care provider during a public health emergency. Each would follow the same safety protocols as the facility’s staff. 

AB 2075 is now set for hearing by the Senate Health Committee on Wednesday June 19 at 1:30 p.m. 

ACTION: Contact the Senate Health Committee and your State Senator and voice your support for AB 2075. (See below for contact info and letter examples.)

And please share this message with friends, family and colleagues in the state of California.

California State Senate Health Committee *
1021 O Street, Room 3310
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 651-4111
SHEA.Committee@senate.ca.gov
Website: https://shea.senate.ca.gov/committeehome

HERE is one example of a letter to send. HERE is another.

* State Senator Scott Wiener is a member of the Senate Health Committee.