{"id":"DE-007","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Delaware","state":"DE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor John C. Carney","authority":"20 Del. C. ch. 31, subch. V (public health emergencies), §§ 3137, 3140","instrument":"Declaration of a Public Health Emergency for the State of Delaware","title":"Declaration of a Public Health Emergency (Public Health Authority designated; medical-supply and bed-capacity assessments; Medicaid telehealth waivers; vaccination, treatment, isolation and quarantine powers; insurer prior-authorization waiver; suspension of routine facility inspections)","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-23 5:00 p.m. E.D.T. (approved 4:15 p.m.)","end":"Rescission date not verified; the Sixth and Twenty-Third Modifications tie the moratoria to the date \u0027the public health emergency is rescinded\u0027; the July 12, 2021 instrument (DE-041) is a new Public Health Emergency","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2021-07-12","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["EMER","HC","QUAR"],"addressees":["Secretary of DHSS as Public Health Authority","insurers under Title 18","health-care providers and facilities","Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance"],"clause":"\u0027do hereby declare a Public Health Emergency in Delaware. This Declaration of a Public Health Emergency will be effective as of Monday, March 23, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. E.D.T., and shall continue until terminated as provided under state law.\u0027 ¶ 4: \u0027The Public Health Authority is further authorized to: a. Direct vaccination, treatment, isolation, quarantine and such other measures as may be necessary to prevent or contain the spread of COVID-19, including b. Designate any qualified person to administer vaccines in accordance with 20 Del. C. § 3137, and require in-state health care providers to assist in the performance of vaccination, treatment and testing of any potentially infected individual in accordance with 20 Del. C. § 3140.\u0027 ¶ 5.a: \u0027all insurers issuing policies subject to state regulation under Title 18 of the Delaware Code shall waive all prior authorization requirements for the lab testing and treatment of confirmed or suspected COVID-19 patients.\u0027 ¶ 6.a: the Public Health Authority is directed to \u0027Suspend all state-required deadlines and timetables for performance of required non-essential routine healthcare facilities inspection and licensing activities\u0027; ¶ 6.b: \u0027Suspend any provisions that require medical care to be provided in a specific location.\u0027","enforcement":"20 Del. C. ch. 31; the Public Health Authority\u0027s orders under Title 16","functions":["IC/HC health-care sector directives","IN insurers (prior-authorization waiver)","SC medical supply procurement and allocation","WF isolation and quarantine authority"],"notes":"Health-care and insurance regulator layer: the source of DPH\u0027s authority to bind providers, later carried into the Omnibus (§ A, § L) and re-declared July 12, 2021 (DE-041).","sourceUrl":"https://archivesfiles.delaware.gov/Executive-Orders/Carney/public-health/Public-Health-Emergency-Order-03.23.20.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":164228,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"DE","url":"/library/DE-007","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DE-007","citation":"Governor John C. Carney, Declaration of a Public Health Emergency for the State of Delaware (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. DE-007)","stateName":"Delaware","related":["DE-041","DUT-DE-003","DE-065","DE-068","DE-005","DE-006","DE-004","DE-009","DE-003","DE-002","DE-010","DE-011"]}