Bill Text: NY A06987 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes 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 relating to the admission of COVID-19 patients to nursing homes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A06987 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A06987-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6987

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 19, 2021
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        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:

     1    Section 1. (a) No later than fifteen days after the effective date  of
     2  this  act,  a  bipartisan  committee  shall be formed for the purpose of
     3  determining if Governor Andrew Cuomo committed acts for  which  impeach-
     4  ment is warranted:
     5    (i) in the issuance of a mandate forcing nursing homes in the state to
     6  admit COVID-19 positive patients during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic;
     7    (ii)  in failing to disclose accurate data on nursing home deaths in a
     8  timely manner to the Legislature, watchdog groups, the US Department  of
     9  Justice, and the public;
    10    (iii) in surreptitiously inserting into the  2020-2021 budget language
    11  that  gave legal immunity to hospital  executives and for-profit nursing
    12  homes at the request of lobbyists and  donors to his campaign committee;
    13    (iv) in threatening a legislator or  legislators  who    question  the
    14  governor's  handling of nursing homes and lack of  transparency on nurs-
    15  ing home fatality data; or
    16    (v) in demanding that a legislator or legislators    publicly  corrob-
    17  orate  all  or part of the governor's claims about the US  Department of
    18  Justice investigation into nursing home fatalities.
    19    (b) The committee shall be comprised of eleven members of the assembly
    20  to be appointed as follows:
    21    (i) 8 members to be selected by the speaker of the assembly; and
    22    (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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     1    (c) If any vacancy occurs on the  committee,  such  vacancy  shall  be
     2  filled by appointment for the unexpired term by the appointing authority
     3  initially appointing such member.
     4    (d) The members shall select a chair and a vice-chair of the committee
     5  from their number.
     6    (e) Members of the board of directors shall serve without compensation
     7  but  shall  be reimbursed for actual expenses reasonably incurred in the
     8  performance of their duties.
     9    (f) The committee shall meet at least four times monthly at  the  call
    10  of  the  chair, or in his or her absence, the vice chair, or on petition
    11  of any three members. A majority of the members of the  committee  shall
    12  constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business.
    13    (g) No later than sixty days after the formation of the committee, the
    14  chair  of  the committee shall deliver a report of the committee's find-
    15  ings and recommendations as to impeachment to the Legislature.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    17  deemed repealed thirty days after the committee's report and recommenda-
    18  tions  are  delivered  to  the  legislature. The speaker of the assembly
    19  shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission when the recommen-
    20  dations of the committee are delivered to the legislature as provided in
    21  section one of this act in order that the  commission  may  maintain  an
    22  accurate  and timely effective data base of the official text of laws of
    23  the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating the  provisions  of
    24  section  44  of the legislative law and section 70-b of the public offi-
    25  cers law.