Pennsylvania lawmaker introduces ‘No Patient Left Behind Act’

Pennsylvania lawmaker introduces ‘No Patient Left Behind Act’ 
WHTM - PA Homepage; by Brady Doran; 2/19/25 
A Pennsylvania lawmaker introduced a bill that would ensure hospitals have visitation policies that balance patient needs with public health protocol. According to Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-33), elderly patients left alone in hospitals experience faster physical and cognitive decline. The No Patient Left Behind Act, introduced by Mastriano, would ensure Pennsylvanians with medical treatment or end-of-life care have support by their sides. “Hospitals should be places of healing. However, for far too many, they have become places of loneliness, despair, and unnecessary suffering,” Mastriano said.