{"id":"PA-108","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Tom Wolf (Office of Administration policy for Commonwealth employees)","authority":"Commonwealth employer policy (management directive); not a Secretary of Health order","instrument":"Announcement of Aug. 10, 2021: vaccination-or-weekly-testing requirement for Commonwealth employees in State-run health care and high-risk congregate facilities (state hospitals, state centers, veterans\u0027 homes, community health centers, state correctional institutions), effective Sept. 7, 2021; new hires must be vaccinated","title":"Gov. Wolf Announces Vaccine or Test Requirement for Commonwealth Employees in Health Care and High-Risk Congregate Facilities","dateIssued":"2021-08-10","effective":"2021-09-07","end":"ongoing (Commonwealth employees only)","startDate":"2021-09-07","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX"],"addressees":["approximately 25,000 Commonwealth employees"],"clause":"(press accounts, Aug. 10, 2021:) State employees in Pennsylvania health-care and congregate-care facilities were required to be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19 testing... The Governor stated he \u0027did not plan to issue any requirements for the private sector.\u0027","enforcement":"Commonwealth employment policy","functions":["WF (State employees only)"],"notes":"Negative finding for the private sector: Pennsylvania issued no statewide health-care-worker or private-employer vaccination mandate in 2021; the Philadelphia Board of Health regulation of Aug. 12-16, 2021 and the federal instruments are the operative vaccination-related instruments.","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-announces-vaccine-or-test-requirement-for-commonwealth-employees-in-health-care-and-high-risk-congregate-facilities/","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-108","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Governor Tom Wolf (Office of Administration policy for Commonwealth employees), Announcement of Aug. 10, 2021: vaccination-or-weekly-testing requirement for Commonwealth employees in State-run health care and high-risk congregate facilities (state hospitals, state centers, veterans\u0027 homes, community health centers, state correctional institutions), effective Sept. 7, 2021; new hires must be vaccinated (Ex. PA-108)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":[]}