{"id":"AZ-008","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arizona","state":"AZ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Douglas A. Ducey","authority":"Ariz. Const.; A.R.S. 26-303; 36-787","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-16","title":"Increasing Hospital Capacity for COVID-19 Preparedness","dateIssued":"2020-03-26","effective":"2020-03-26","end":"180 days unless terminated earlier (Sept. 22, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-26","endDate":"2020-09-22","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all licensed hospitals","AHCCCS","insurers"],"clause":"All licensed hospitals as defined in A.A.C. R9-10-101, shall activate their facility emergency plan... shall implement triage processes... shall institute plans to optimize staffing levels... shall evaluate their current capacity and develop a plan to increase their bed capacity by 50% by April 24, 2020, with the first 25% implemented by April 10, 2020","enforcement":"ADHS licensing authority; reporting through EMResource within one week","functions":["IP inpatient units and surge capacity","ED emergency department","SX surgery","HR staffing","CB payers"],"notes":"Insurers must reimburse surge-bed stays at licensed-bed rates; pediatric hospitals to accept patients to age 21.","sourceUrl":"https://azgovernor.gov/file/34323/download?token=Mg-EOJ6K","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1645358,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AZ","url":"/library/AZ-008","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AZ-008","citation":"Governor Douglas A. Ducey, Executive Order 2020-16 (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AZ-008)","stateName":"Arizona","related":["AZ-009","AZ-007","AZ-006","AZ-005","AZ-091","AZ-004","AZ-010","AZ-003","AZ-011","AZ-013","AZ-012","AZ-001"]}