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CONTACTS: Patricia McGinnis, Executive Director, CANHR(415) 974-5171 patm@canhr.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2021 Berkeley, CA – After a lawsuit filed in January 18, 2021 by California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) and the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care (Consumer Voice) challenging CMS’s 2017 policy limiting the types of civil money penalties (CMPs) that can be imposed against nursing facilities, CMS has reversed course and announced plans to impose much stiffer penalties for nursing facility violations.  Represented by attorneys from the AARP Foundation and the law firm of Constantine Cannon LLP, the lawsuit alleges that reduced fines put nursing facility residents’ lives at risk by weakening enforcement of the federal Nursing Home Reform Act (NHRA).

This Press Release is from California Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson August 30, 2020 SACRAMENTO –As California faces another wildfire season, rolling blackouts, and potential public safety power shutoffs (PSPS) amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara)’s Senate Bill 1207 to require California nursing homes to have backup power for at least 96 hours during an emergency passed the Assembly today.

April 23rd Update: CANHR has joined Justice In Aging, ACLU California, Bet Tzedek, CPEHN, Western Center on Law & Poverty, Disability Rights Education & Defense Fun, Health Consumer Alliance, Latino Coalition For a Healthier California, Maternal and Child Health Access and the National Health Law Program in a Joint Letter to Governor Newsom opposing blanket immunity for Health Care Providers.

Plaintiffs Demand that California Adhere to Federal Law FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2020 San Francisco, CA – In a motion filed last Friday, residents in several California nursing homes have petitioned U.S. District Court Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. to enjoin the State from ongoing violations of federal anti-dumping regulations.  As a result of the State’s inaction, the suit alleges that vulnerable nursing home residents have been improperly dumped into hospitals, putting them at risk of COVID-19 and wasting precious resources for sick patients.