{"id":"SEC-04-063","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"04","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Licensing","authority":"N.J.A.C. 8:42, 8:42C; Executive Order No. 103","instrument":"Memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators: Temporary Operational Waivers","title":"Temporary Operational Waivers for Home Health Agencies and Hospices during the COVID-19 emergency","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"2020-03-13","end":"For the emergency (index marks the waiver rescinded; date not stated)","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["licensed home health agencies and hospices"],"clause":"[Where the emergency] so significantly affects the ability of a Home Health Agency or Hospice to offer its full array of services, the Department of Health (Department) will not require prior Department approval of temporary waivers for the following services from Home Health Agencies and Hospices that are affected by such an event: 1. Providing home health services to patients outside of the approved license/CN geography; or 2. Providing hospice services to patients outside the hospice service area. Affected Home Health Agencies and Hospices... will be required to provide a written report to the Department detailing which [waivers were used].","enforcement":"Licensure","functions":["HC","IN","OF reporting","CB"],"notes":"The Department\u0027s own finding that the emergency \u0027significantly affects the ability\u0027 of home health agencies to offer their full array of services.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/healthfacilities/documents/CN/temp_waivers/03-13-2020_Memo-Home_Health_Agency_and_Hospice_Administrators_Temp_Operational_Waivers.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":630050,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-04","url":"/library/SEC-04-063","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-04-063","citation":"New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Licensing, Memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators: Temporary Operational Waivers (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-063)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}