{"id":"PA-116","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.","authority":"35 P.S. § 521.5; facility licensure (DOH nursing facilities; DHS personal care homes, assisted living, ICFs)","instrument":"Orders directing universal baseline COVID-19 testing of residents and staff: nursing care facilities (June 8, 2020; baseline by July 24, 2020) and personal care homes, assisted living residences and intermediate care facilities (June 26, 2020; baseline by Aug. 31, 2020)","title":"Orders of the Secretary of Health Directing Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities (June 8 and June 26, 2020)","dateIssued":"2020-06-08","effective":"2020-06-08; 2020-06-26","end":"Baseline deadlines July 24 and Aug. 31, 2020; follow-up testing under DOH/DHS guidance into 2021","startDate":"2020-06-08","endDate":"2020-08-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["nursing care facilities; personal care homes; assisted living residences; ICFs; their staff"],"clause":"(DHS \u0027Requirements for LTCF Testing\u0027, quoting the June 26, 2020 order:) Per the Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities, issued June 26, 2020, Personal Care Homes (PCHs), Assisted Living Residences (ALRs), and Intermediate Care Facilities (ICFs) are required to complete a baseline universal test for SARS-CoV-2... of all residents and staff no later than August 31, 2020.","enforcement":"Secretary of Health order; facility licensure","functions":["RS residential care","IC staff testing","HR staffing"],"notes":"For the home-care and senior-living memorandum;","sourceUrl":"https://www.dhs.pa.gov/coronavirus/Pages/Requirements-for-LTCF-Testing.aspx","snapshot":"","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-116","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Orders directing universal baseline COVID-19 testing of residents and staff: nursing care facilities (June 8, 2020; baseline by July 24, 2020) and personal care homes, assisted living residences and intermediate care facilities (June 26, 2020; baseline by Aug. 31, 2020) (Ex. PA-116)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-015","PA-016","PA-007","PA-003"]}