Section 449.NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Dietary needs of patient]1. If a patient will be released from a hospital to his or her residence or a rehabilitation center and a dietician is assigned to a team of persons formed by the hospital to care for the patient while the patient rehabilitates, the hospital shall ensure that the patient or the person with primary responsibility for the care of the patient meets or knows how to contact the dietician.2. If a patient is released by a hospital to his or her residence to receive care from an agency to provide personal care services in the home or any other entity licensed pursuant to this chapter that provides care to the patient in his or her residence, the agency to provide personal care services in the home or other entity shall consult with a dietician, as appropriate, to ensure that the patient or the person with primary responsibility for the care of the patient understands the dietary needs of the patient.Added by 2023, Ch. 524,§1, eff. 10/1/2023.