Republicans on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis and the House Committee on Oversight and Reform have opened an inquiry into thousands of deaths at New York nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a letter to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (pdf), the ranking members from the two committees point to guidance issued by then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo on March 25, 2020, which stated that “no resident shall be denied readmission or admission to the [nursing home] solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19,” and that “[nursing homes] are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident ... be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or re-admission.”
