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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Assembly Bill A6987
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LALOR
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-A6987 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Judiciary
- Law Section:
- Legislature
2021-A6987 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6987 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y April 19, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LALOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to establish a bipartisan committee to investigate and make recommendations as to whether Governor Andrew Cuomo committed acts for which impeachment is warranted with respect to certain actions relat- ing to the admission of COVID-19 patients to nursing homes; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. (a) No later than fifteen days after the effective date of this act, a bipartisan committee shall be formed for the purpose of determining if Governor Andrew Cuomo committed acts for which impeach- ment is warranted: (i) in the issuance of a mandate forcing nursing homes in the state to admit COVID-19 positive patients during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic; (ii) in failing to disclose accurate data on nursing home deaths in a timely manner to the Legislature, watchdog groups, the US Department of Justice, and the public; (iii) in surreptitiously inserting into the 2020-2021 budget language that gave legal immunity to hospital executives and for-profit nursing homes at the request of lobbyists and donors to his campaign committee; (iv) in threatening a legislator or legislators who question the governor's handling of nursing homes and lack of transparency on nurs- ing home fatality data; or (v) in demanding that a legislator or legislators publicly corrob- orate all or part of the governor's claims about the US Department of Justice investigation into nursing home fatalities. (b) The committee shall be comprised of eleven members of the assembly to be appointed as follows: (i) 8 members to be selected by the speaker of the assembly; and (ii) 3 members to be selected by the minority leader of the assembly. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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