{"id":"TN-026","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Tennessee","state":"TN","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Bill Lee","authority":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107","instrument":"Executive Order No. 68","title":"An Order to Facilitate the Continued Response to COVID-19 by Increasing Health Care Resources and Capacity","dateIssued":"2020-12-04","effective":"Nunc pro tunc to 12:01 a.m. CST Dec. 1, 2020","end":"Carried into EO 73 (Dec. 29, 2020) and EO 77 (¶¶ 10-10.8)","startDate":"2020-12-01","endDate":"2020-12-29","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","EMER"],"addressees":["hospitals and health care facilities","health care licensees, students and National Guard personnel"],"clause":"10. Increased number of hospital beds available for COVID-19 patients. The provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-1607, are hereby suspended to the extent necessary to allow hospitals and nursing homes... to temporarily increase their number of licensed hospital beds at any location or temporarily establish hospital, nursing home, and diagnostic services at any location, if necessary for the treatment of COVID-19 patients [and staffing-flexibility provisions 10.2-10.8]","enforcement":"Suspension of certificate-of-need and licensure statutes under Tenn. Code Ann. § 58-2-107","functions":["IP surge capacity; HR staffing delegation plans; IC"],"notes":"The winter-surge health-care order that accompanied EO 70","sourceUrl":"https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/pub/execorders/exec-orders-lee68.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":2783740,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TN","url":"/library/TN-026","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TN-026","citation":"Governor Bill Lee, Executive Order No. 68 (Dec. 4, 2020) (Ex. TN-026)","stateName":"Tennessee","related":["TN-027","TN-028","TN-025","TN-029","TN-030","TN-024","TN-031"]}