New Jersey has not yet adopted a policy, we are told they will issue guidance any day now. NJCDD and our P&A are aggressively seeking guidance.  Here is the letter we sent to our Dept. of Health Commissioner. We are recommending a blend of these two policies as polices our state should adopt.

Rush University Medical Center policy found at https://www.rush.edu/patientsvisitors/covid-19-resources/rush-coronavirus-covid-19-patient-and-visitor-updates

To ease the burden on the designated support person, we recommend that the policy allow the individual with disabilities to designate two support people but allow only one support person to be present at a time, consistent with the New York State Policy which can be found at  https://opwdd.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/doh_covid19_hospitalvisitation_4.10. 20.pdf.

Mercedes Witowsky
Executive Director
New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities

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Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 2:34 PM
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Subject: DD Councils COVID hospital visitor policies

Can you share with me and/or the group any policies you may have that have been adopted for hospitals to create an exception to their visitor policies during COVID for individuals/families with disabilities.

Julie Horntvedt, M.Ed.
Executive Director, North Dakota State Council on Developmental Disabilities

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