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The Nursing Home Decision That Haunts Andrew Cuomo
While New York’s governor comes under fire for sketchy data on nursing home deaths from COVID-19, New Jersey s governor wins praise for telling it straight.
One year ago, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) made a decision that would come to haunt him.
COVID-19 was pounding New York while much of the country watched the crisis that was to soon overtake their states as well. Taking advantage of emergency powers that allowed him to make pandemic policy unilaterally, Cuomo’s Department of Health informed nursing homes in late March that they could not deny admission to patients discharged from hospitals “solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19.”
NY Senate to approve expansion of nursing home visits, increased Covid-19 reporting requirements
Updated Feb 22, 2021;
Update: All of the nursing home bills passed the Senate this afternoon. Sen. Rachel May’s bill to designate caregivers to visit during health crises, even if the nursing home is closed to the public, passed 63-0.
Syracuse, N.Y. – State senators are expected to approve legislation today meant to require more oversight and transparent reporting about nursing home residents during health crises such as the coronavirus pandemic.
The package of 11 bills is also meant to explore and create better ways to care for older people – and to ensure that nursing home residents can have pre-approved visitors even during a health crisis.