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Louisiana lawmakers want more inpatient visitation rights

| November 7, 2020 6:15 AM

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — In response to complaints that family and clergy were barred from hospitals and nursing homes in the coronavirus pandemic, Louisiana legislators have rewritten state laws to lessen visitation restrictions during public health emergencies.

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