Nursing homes push for protections from liability during coronavirus. Industry may have to comply with generator rules first.

In this Sept. 13, 2017, file photo, a patient is transported from The Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills after a loss of air conditioning due to Hurricane Irma in Hollywood. Twelve elderly patients died after being kept inside a nursing home that turned into a sweatbox when Hurricane Irma knocked out its air conditioning for three days.(Amy Beth Bennett / Staff photographer)