{"id":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-004","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","eco":"","issuer":"Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health","authority":"same as the Feb. 12, 2021 order","instrument":"First Amendment to the Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers\u0027 Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines","title":"First Amendment (new Section 3(C): providers receiving first-dose allocations for two weeks must schedule appointments for every Phase 1A person who requests one and contact every person on their lists by Mar. 31, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-03-15","effective":"12:01 a.m. Mar. 16, 2021","end":"superseded with the base order on July 28, 2021","startDate":"2021-03-16","endDate":"2021-07-28","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["Vaccine Providers who received first-dose allocations for at least the two previous weeks"],"clause":"(C) A Vaccine Provider who has received first dose allocations of Vaccine for at least the two previous weeks prior to the effective date of this Subsection shall use best efforts to schedule appointments for every individual eligible under Phase 1A of the Department\u0027s Interim Vaccine Plan who requests an appointment. This shall include all eligible individuals, including those outside of the Vaccine Provider\u0027s current patient network.... 2. By March 31, 2021, a Vaccine Provider... shall contact by phone or e-mail every individual for whom it has contact information and offer that individual an appointment.... 4. A Vaccine Provider shall schedule appointments as far into the future as necessary to accommodate all Phase 1A individuals requesting appointments... This Amended Order shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on March 16, 2021.","enforcement":"Section 5 of the Feb. 12, 2021 order (allocation reduction or suspension); 35 P.S. § 521.20","functions":["CL scheduling and front desk (mandatory outreach and appointment rules)","CB patient base (Phase 1A priority)","OF administration"],"notes":"Compels pharmacies and practices to book beyond their own patient networks and to work through their entire contact lists by Mar. 31, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/20210314%20Order%20Regarding%20Vaccine%20Providers.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":133445,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-004","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-004","citation":"Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health, First Amendment to the Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers\u0027 Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines (Mar. 15, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-004)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-017","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-005","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-003","AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-006"]}