MARCH
3-1-20: Governor
Cuomo confirms the
first case of COVID-19
in New York State.
3-2-20: The Legislature approves a $40 million appropriation to
help the State combat the spread of COVID-19 while expanding
Governor Cuomo’s emergency management authority.
3-2-20: LeadingAge New York launches a dedicated Coronavirus
Resources webpage.
MARCH
3-7-20: Governor
Cuomo signs Executive
Order (EO) 202 declaring
the COVID-19 outbreak a
state disaster emergency.
3-9-20: Dawn Carter, LeadingAge New York ProCare Consultant, presents a webinar
on what health care providers need to know about COVID-19, as well as how they can
prepare and protect their residents and staff.
3-9-20: DOH activates the first daily Health Emergency Response Data System
(HERDS) survey for nursing homes and ACFs.
3-8-20: The Department of
Health (DOH) directs all nursing
homes and adult care facilities
(ACFs) in the New Rochelle area to
immediately suspend visitation.
3-13-20: President Trump declares a national emergency over the COVID-19 outbreak.
3-13-20: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) directs nursing homes nationwide to suspend visitation
of all visitors and non-essential health care personnel, except in end-of-life and other compassionate care situations, as well as
restrict communal activities.
3-13-20: DOH directs nursing homes and ACFs statewide to take a series of actions to prevent the introduction of COVID-19
into their facilities – including suspending most visitation, implementing health checks for all health care personnel and other
facility staff at the beginning of each shift and requiring all health care personnel and other facility staff to wear a face mask while
within six feet of residents – and provides protocols for dealing with confirmed and suspected cases of the virus.
3-18-20: President Trump signs into law the
Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA),
creating a new requirement for paid sick leave for
workers affected by the COVID-19 emergency and
a new requirement for paid leave under the Family
and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
3-17-20: LeadingAge National convenes the first
of its daily COVID-19 update calls for members.
3-17-20: DOH directs nursing home
administrators and adult day health care (ADHC)
program directors to immediately suspend ADHC
program services.
3-16-20:
LeadingAge New
York convenes the
first of its weekly
COVID-19 update
webinars for
members.
3-20-20: Governor Cuomo signs the New York on PAUSE
EO (EO 202.8) directing 100 percent of non-essential businesses
statewide to close. The order also provides for a 90-day moratorium
on any residential or commercial evictions.
3-25-20: DOH directs nursing homes to admit
or readmit residents discharged from hospitals
regardless of their COVID-19 status.
3-30-20: CMS issues several national
blanket waivers for health care providers,
including a waiver to allow nursing homes
to maintain full-time employment beyond
four months for certified nurse aides
(CNAs) who have not met the training and
certification requirements but demonstrate
competency in the skills and techniques
necessary to care for residents’ needs.
3-27-20: President Trump signs into law the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act
(CARES Act), providing $100 billion in COVID-19-
related health care provider relief.
3-27-20: LeadingAge New York and Elena DeFio
Kean, Principal at Hinman Straub P.C., present a
webinar on the New York State COVID-19 paid sick
leave law and the FFCRA.
3-23-20: CMS
announces a new
nursing home
inspection plan
prioritizing focused
inspections on
urgent patient
safety threats and
infection control.
(See APRIL on page 13)
12 Adviser a publication of LeadingAge New York | Summer 2020