I'm no attorney, but I feel like a federal judge could order the hospital to report on McConnell's condition.

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20. Can you provide a citation? Is this a Kentucky law requirement?

I certainly can't find any such requirement. The US Constitution, which is superior to anything in the Kentucky Constitution, provides that "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years" But it also anticipates vacancies occurring and there being a period of time where a state does not have two senators in office. It also allows the Senate to refuse to seat a senator and it provides that once seated the only way a Senator can be removed is by a 2/3 vote of the Senate.

If the Constitution literally required what you say it does, there wouldn't be a way for a Senator to be removed or resign and there would be an automatic process, such as with the Presidency, for the immediate ascension to office of a replacement if a Senator died.

In short, I don't know where you got your information but it's wrong.