“The truth is, despite bipartisan support from both houses, the governor chose not to sign our bill and instead make changes he could have made months ago. He delayed for months while nursing home residents experienced physical and emotional hardship due to continued isolation,” Santabarbara said. “The fact remains, there’s still a bill on his desk that would codify into law the needed guidelines for personal and compassionate caregiving visitation at residential health care facilities and it should have been signed long ago. I urge the governor to put the needs of vulnerable nursing home residents first and sign this long-overdue legislation.”