29 March 2021: Proposal to Compel NY Comptroller to Audit Cuomo COVID Nursing Home Policies

Proposal would establish automatic audit of state’s nursing home policies

This article describes a proposal to compel the state of New York's Comptroller to conduct a review of the Cuomo administration's COVID nursing home policies:

A proposal requiring New York’s comptroller office to conduct an automatic review of the state’s nursing home policies surrounding COVID-19 and how well providers complied is being pushed by a Republican lawmaker.

The proposed amendment to the state’s budget was unveiled late last week by Sen. Sue Serino. If approved, the legislation would require an audit of the state’s department of health and any other agency involved with mitigating the impact of COVID-19 in nursing homes.

The proposed audit would evaluate how the state distributes funding for facilities, current requirements and enforcement of infection prevention and control policies, patient care and health outcomes in nursing homes and a regional analysis of the availability of qualified staff.

New York's Comptroller is Tom DiNapoli, who has been standing in the way of a criminal investigation into the Cuomo administration's COVID nursing home policies by New York's state attorney general.