New York A 1176: Establishes a temporary state commission to study and investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic response on deaths in nursing homes; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

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A01176 Summary:

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Establishes a temporary state commission to study and investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic response on deaths in nursing homes; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.

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01/09/2025referred to health

01/07/2026referred to health

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1176

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 9, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. KIM -- read once and referred to the Committee on
 Health

 AN ACT establishing a temporary state commission to study and investi-
 gate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic response on deaths in nurs-
 ing homes; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expi-
 ration thereof

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Definitions. As used in this act:
 2 a. "commission" means the commission to investigate COVID-19 in nurs-
 3 ing homes created by section two of this act; and
 4 b. "nursing home" means a nursing home as defined in subdivision 1 of
 5 section 2895-a of the public health law.
 6 § 2. Commission on long term care facilities. a. A temporary state
 7 commission, to be known as the commission to investigate COVID-19 in
 8 nursing homes (hereinafter the "commission"), is hereby created to study
 9 and make recommendations concerning the following:
 10 (1) the measures taken by nursing homes to ensure the safety of their
 11 residents during and in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic
 12 (hereinafter "COVID-19");
 13 (2) the success or failure of such measures in reducing or slowing the
 14 spread of COVID-19;
 15 (3) any increase in death rates of nursing home residents attributable
 16 to COVID-19;
 17 (4) the effectiveness of current state and federal laws, executive
 18 orders, rules, regulations and recommendations governing the response of
 19 nursing homes to COVID-19; and
 20 (5) such other matters as the commission deems appropriate.
 21 b. The commission shall make recommendations for legislation, rules
 22 and/or regulations relating to the handling of future pandemic responses
 23 by nursing homes.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00181-01-5

 A. 1176 2

 1 c. (1) The commission shall consist of five members to be appointed as
 2 follows: one member shall be appointed by the attorney general; one
 3 member shall be a member of the senate, appointed by the temporary pres-
 4 ident of the senate; one member shall be a member of the assembly,
 5 appointed by the speaker of the assembly; one member shall be a member
 6 of the senate, appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and one
 7 member shall be a member of the assembly, appointed by the minority
 8 leader of the assembly. The member appointed by the attorney general
 9 shall be the chair of the commission.
 10 (2) All appointees to the commission must have a background in health
 11 care and/or health policy. Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled
 12 in the same manner as the original appointment was made.
 13 (3) No member, officer or employee of the commission shall be disqual-
 14 ified from holding any other public office or employment, nor shall such
 15 person forfeit any such office or employment by reason of such person's
 16 appointment hereunder, notwithstanding the provisions of any general,
 17 special or local law, ordinance or city charter.
 18 (4) All members of the commission shall be appointed within sixty days
 19 of the effective date of this section. The first meeting of the commis-
 20 sion shall take place within thirty days after appointment of all
 21 members of the commission.
 22 d. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
 23 their services.
 24 e. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove such personnel as
 25 it may deem necessary for the performance of its functio