{"id":"WA-083","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Washington","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jay Inslee","authority":"RCW 43.06.220(2); chapters 38.08, 38.52, 43.06 RCW","instrument":"Proclamation 21-15","title":"Transfer or Discharge of Nursing Home Residents - COVID-19 Delta Variant","dateIssued":"2021-09-03","effective":"2021-09-03","end":"2021-10-02 11:59 p.m. by its terms; extended by 21-15.1 and 21-15.2","startDate":"2021-09-03","endDate":"2021-10-02","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["nursing homes","hospitals discharging patients to long-term care","residents"],"clause":"[Proclamation 20-05 is] amended to waive and suspend certain statutory and regulatory provisions that prevent, hinder, or delay [the ability to] transfer or discharge nursing home residents to other long-term care facilities for specific COVID-19 [related reasons]... hereby waived and suspended until 11:59 p.m. on October 2, 2021","enforcement":"Waiver instrument; DSHS","functions":["IP inpatient surge capacity","IN intake and referrals (discharges)","RS residential care (cohorting)","CB"],"notes":"Recites that \u0027the Delta variant of COVID-19 is placing unprecedented demands on our health care system, requiring certain transfers or discharges of nursing home residents be expedited to allow grouping\u0027 of COVID-positive residents; Q3 2021 hospital-capacity instrument.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wa.gov/sites/default/files/proclamations/proc_21-15.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":162584,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WA","url":"/library/WA-083","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WA-083","citation":"Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 21-15 (Sept. 3, 2021) (Ex. WA-083)","stateName":"Washington","related":["WA-082","WA-081","WA-085","WA-080","WA-079","WA-086","WA-087","WA-077","WA-075","WA-074","WA-069","WA-071"]}