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On March 26, 2021, the New York State Senate passed a bill to
repeal Article 30-D of the Public Health Law, also known as the
Emergency Disaster Treatment Protection Act (EDTPA). The EDTPA,
signed into law on April 6, 2020, immunized nursing homes and other
providers from civil liability for negligent acts or omissions
committed during the COVID-19 crisis, retroactively effective to
March 7, 2020. If signed into law by New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo, the bill would immediately strip nursing homes, hospitals
and other providers of all such protections. That would mean