{"id":"MA-006","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Charles D. Baker","authority":"St. 1950, c. 639, ss. 7, 8, 8A","instrument":"COVID-19 Order No. 10","title":"Order Temporarily Closing All Child Care Programs and Authorizing the Temporary Creation and Operation of Emergency Child Care Programs","dateIssued":"2020-03-18","effective":"End of day March 22, 2020","end":"Extended by Order No. 15 (Mar. 25) and Order No. 27 (Apr. 21, to June 29, 2020); rescinded in its entirety 12:01 a.m. July 13, 2020 by Order No. 41","startDate":"2020-03-22","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["SCH","CLOSE"],"addressees":["all licensed, approved or exempt child care programs","EEC"],"clause":"All licensed, approved, or exempt child care programs in the Commonwealth shall suspend all normal operations by the end of the day on March 22, 2020 and shall not reopen before Monday, April 6, 2020 unless under approval granted by the emergency program authorized in section (2) below.... Vulnerable children and children of families who work to maintain the health, safety, and welfare of all Commonwealth residents shall receive priority access to such emergency child care programs.","enforcement":"EEC licensing authority; emergency program approvals","functions":["WF workforce (parents without care)","EC child-care operations closed except emergency programs"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/march-18-2020-early-education-and-care-order/download","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200330200659/https://www.mass.gov/doc/march-18-2020-early-education-and-care-order/download","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":95814,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MA","url":"/library/MA-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MA-006","citation":"Governor Charles D. Baker, COVID-19 Order No. 10 (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. MA-006)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["SEC-16-GM-001","SEC-16-GM-014","MA-007","MA-008","MA-010","MA-011","MA-005","MA-004","MA-003","MA-012","MA-002","MA-001"]}