New York lawmakers passed a bill last week limiting a recently enacted law designed to shield nursing home CEOs from lawsuits during the coronavirus pandemic. The move followed a reporting series spotlighting how New York governor Andrew Cuomo and Democratic legislators created the original legal immunity statute amid a flood of campaign cash from a health-care-industry lobby group that claimed to have drafted the provision.

Cuomo has not yet said whether he will sign the bill, though he has said that he “could see the rationale” for the legislation.

“This legislation will ensure that New Yorkers have a right to recourse should they encounter neglect or misconduct by unscrupulous health care providers or facilities,” said Assembly member Ron Kim, the Democratic bill sponsor who has led the fight to rescind Cuomo’s original legislation. “This is a good step toward restoring the rights of patients and nursing home residents that were taken away from them during this pandemic. Moving forward, nursing homes and other healthcare facilities will be held accountable for failing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and that is a big win for our families, residents and workers.”