Governor Laura Kelly says she supports new Federal Guidelines detailing how nursing homes can begin allowing visits to patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said last week nursing homes should continue to follow COVID 19 related protocols, such as social distancing and temperature screening. But, it said indoor visitations can be allowed at facilities that take medicare and medicaid if they have not had any new COVID 19 cases for 14 days and are not conducting active outbreak testing. State officials said yesterday it will take some time to implement the new guidance because each facility will have to respond according to their own circumstances.
