As Legislative Session Nears End, Health Bills Await Their Fate

As the final day of the legislative session approaches, lawmakers will decide on bills that would establish rules for cameras in nursing home residents’ rooms, a recently gutted measure involving visits to people in hospitals and long-term care facilities and a third proposal that would expand gun rights.

Monday shapes up as a pivotal day for high-profile health bills as the General Assembly enters its final week.

Those expected to get a Senate floor vote include a bill that would establish rules for cameras in nursing home residents’ rooms. Senators will also consider a recently gutted measure involving visits to people in hospitals and long-term care facilities.

And a third proposal, which has raised some concerns after recent mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado, would expand gun rights here.