House Bill 33 - Hospital Designee Bill

Take action by Thursday, April 3, 2008

Contact:

B. Stephens, Advisory Council (877) KEF-5775 (office)

Mary Lou Marzian, D-Louisville, pre-filed the Hospital Designee Bill (House Bill 33). This bill would allow anyone 18 and older to designate a non-blood relative as having hospital room access.

What the bill means for gay people is that hospitals would no longer be allowed to keep domestic partners out of hospital rooms if those partners are permitted by the patient. We would hear no more horror stories of partners sitting in the waiting room while their loved ones die alone or with unwanted blood relations.

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Kentucky House Health & Welfare Committee

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Forget about political maneuvers and electoral games. Ignore the platitudes and moralisms of extremists. When talking about being able to visit a loved one in a hospital, it is something many take for granted. Gay partners can be denied access to their partners in critical situations. Why deny someone access to a sick or injured person? I ask you to support House Bill 33, the Hospital Designee Bill. As a citizen of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, I support this legislation and ask that you do the same. cc: Kentucky Equality Federation

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