{"id":"SEC-01-093","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"01","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (Department of Health)","authority":"Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, 35 P.S. 521.5; Administrative Code 2102(a); 71 P.S. 1403(a)","instrument":"Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment Capacity","title":"Order Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment Capacity","dateIssued":"2020-11-23","effective":"2020-11-23 (Reduction Notices issued region by region on 24 hours\u0027 notice)","end":"Ran with the disaster emergency (ended June 10, 2021 by concurrent resolution) and the Secretary\u0027s mitigation orders (lifted May 31, 2021)","startDate":"2020-11-23","endDate":"2021-06-10","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","CAP"],"addressees":["Acute Care Hospitals licensed under section 808 of the Health Care Facilities Act in the six Regions (East Central, Southwest, Keystone, North Central, [Northwest, Southeast])"],"clause":"A. Upon notice from the Department (Reduction Notice), an Acute Care Hospital located in a Region [meeting the metrics in] Subsection B shall reduce by fifty percent (50%) elective procedures that are scheduled to be performed at the Acute Care Hospital in the seven (7) days following the effective date of the [Reduction Notice]. B. A Reduction Notice shall be issued by the Department when hospitals in a Region have reported [data indicating] the Region meets two (2) or more of the following metrics: 1. Staffing Shortage - Thirty-three percent (33%) or more of hospitals in the Region [anticipate staffing shortages]; 2. COVID-19 Surge - A greater than fifty percent (50%) increase in the moving average of COVID-19 admissions in the Region has occurred in the last forty-eight (48) hours; 3. Inadequate Bed Availability - Less than ten percent (10%) of the total staffed medical/surgical beds in a Region are anticipated to be available... D. A Reduction Notice shall be in effect for seven (7) days from its effective date [renewable by Extension Notice until a Resumption Notice].","enforcement":"35 P.S. 521.20 (summary offense); Health Care Facilities Act licensure","functions":["SX 50 percent reduction on notice","IP","WF staffing reporting","OF"],"notes":"A standing mandatory instrument keyed to the hospital reporting order (SEC-01-094).","sourceUrl":"https://www.governor.pa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/20201123-Order-of-the-Secretary-Regional-Reduction-of-Elective-Procedures-Signed.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":207555,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-093","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-01-093","citation":"Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (Department of Health), Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment Capacity (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-093)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["SEC-01-094"]}