{"id":"RI-013","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Rhode Island","state":"RI","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Gina M. Raimondo","authority":"R.I. Gen. Laws tit. 30, ch. 15; § 30-15-9(e)(1); tit. 23, ch. 8","instrument":"Executive Order 20-21","title":"Eighteenth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Increasing Hospital and Nursing Facility Capacity, Extending Statutory Immunity","dateIssued":"2020-04-10","effective":"2020-04-10","end":"Restated in EO 20-33 (May 9, 2020) and EO 20-70 (Sept. 2, 2020); the hospital-capacity and certificate-of-need suspensions continued in EO 21-67 (June 2021), 21-81 (July 28, 2021) and 21-91 (Aug. 26, 2021)","startDate":"2020-04-10","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","EVT","SUPPLY"],"addressees":["all licensed hospitals and nursing facilities","Rhode Island Convention Center and designated surge sites"],"clause":"The hospital and nursing facility licensing statutes and rules, including but not limited to the nursing facility bed moratorium statute and rules, and certificate of need statutes and rules... are suspended with respect to all Rhode Island hospitals and nursing facilities solely to the extent the services they provide are in response to this Order. 2. All Rhode Island licensed hospitals must prepare and take whatever steps are necessary, including expanding medical/surgical and critical care capacity, to continue to evaluate and treat... everyone who presents at the hospital for care... 3. The creation of surge hospital sites such as the Rhode Island Convention Center, the former Citizens Bank operations center on Sockanosset Cross Road in Cranston and the former Lowe\u0027s store in North Kingstown.","enforcement":"Hospital and nursing-facility licensure (R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 23-17)","functions":["IP inpatient surge","SX elective surgery capacity diverted","MC the State\u0027s convention center converted to a field hospital","RS nursing facility admissions"],"notes":"The Rhode Island Convention Center, the State\u0027s principal meeting venue, was converted to a surge hospital by order.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur236/files/2021-06/Executive-Order-20-21.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":226727,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"RI","url":"/library/RI-013","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/RI-013","citation":"Governor Gina M. Raimondo, Executive Order 20-21 (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. RI-013)","stateName":"Rhode Island","related":["DUT-RI-005","DUT-RI-011","RI-014","RI-012","RI-011","RI-015","RI-009","RI-010","RI-008","RI-007","RI-006","RI-005"]}