Smullen Votes ‘Yes’ On Numerous Nursing Home Protection Bills
March 4, 2021
Assemblyman Robert Smullen (R,C,I,SAM-Meco) spent session day on March 4 voting in favor of numerous bills thatsupport nursing home patients and their families in the wake of the disastrous COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed thousands of lives in nursing homes. From ensuring further transparency so families can be made aware of what loved ones are going through, to ensuringpatients have more agency over themselves in the wake of future health crises, Smullen was glad to see these bills pass the Assembly.
“It’s been a long time coming, but we’re finally starting to see legislation that helps protect the people of New York in nursing homes in a more proactive way,” Smullen said. “These bills won’t bring back those who were lost to this terrible virus, but they will go a long way toward ensuring more families have more information. I am pleased to see this work today in the Assembly.”