Sens. Casey And Toomey Introduce Legislation Aimed At Nursing Home Reform

By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania’s senators have introduced legislation aimed at nursing home reform.
More than 178,000 nursing home residents and workers nationwide have died of COVID-19 over the past year of the pandemic.
Democratic Sen. Bob Casey and Republican Sen. Pat Toomey say their bill would provide oversight and inspections at more of the nation’s poorest-performing nursing homes.
The senators say this Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act would