PUBLISHED 7:58 PM ET Feb. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:58 PM EST Feb. 22, 2021
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The New York State Senate passed ten nursing home reform bills on Monday, but that is as far as some of these bills might go.
Speaker Carl Heastie said that the Assembly is likely to pass their own set of reform bills, which means both houses will need to come to an agreement before any bill can be signed into law.
However, the focus over recent days has shifted further away from reform and more on limiting the governor’s emergency powers after his top aide, Secretary to the Governor Melissa DeRosa, admitted the state intentionally withheld the number of COVID-related nursing home deaths.
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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.
51 Years Since Stonewall – Health, Poverty, Housing Hurdles Still Plague LGBTQ 50+ NYers; Worse Since COVID: First of its Kind Report By Erik Kriss , January 28, 2021 10:36 AM
LGBTQ NYers of Color Face Highest Hurdles; AARP NY, AARP Foundation & SAGE Urge Policy Solutions to Reduce the Inequities
NEW YORK, N.Y. LGBTQ New Yorkers age 50+ face steeper barriers to healthcare, higher rates of poverty, and greater challenges to their economic security than their non-LGBTQ counterparts, and the COVID-19 crisis has only exacerbated these disparities, according to new groundbreaking research released today.
Disrupting Disparities: Solutions for LGBTQ New Yorkers Age 50+, commissioned by AARP New York and SAGE with support from the AARP Foundation, was unveiled by the leaders of the organizations, who were joined by the chairs of the State Legislature s Aging Committees,
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A $175-million program involving 11 hospital systems that helped long-term care facilities deal with COVID-19 for six months ended recently, and the Wolf administration has replaced it with a less-well-funded program to hold things together through the end of February.
The administration asked for federal money to keep the Regional Response Health Collaboration Program going, but the recent federal stimulus didn’t provide it, so agencies cobbled together a new program, finding money to support it for two months, even as it plans to ask the Biden administration for funding to upgrade to the previous level, according to information presented at a joint agency news conference Wednesday.