DHSS press release: Alaska activates the State's Crisis Standards of Care for multiple health care facilities

The record

Jurisdiction

Alaska

Level

State

Authority

HB 76, ch. 2, SLA 2021; Addendum No. 1 to the Public Health Emergency Order

Issued

2021-10-02 Oct. 2, 2021

Effective

2021-09-22

In force

Sept. 22, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care orders

Addressees

• twenty Alaska hospitals and health care facilities, including Alaska Native Medical Center, Alaska Regional Hospital, Bartlett Regional Hospital, Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, Providence Alaska Medical Center, South Peninsula Hospital and Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation

Functions reached

• SX
• IP
• ED
• HR
• CB patients

Collection

Alaska AK

Operative words

'This activation was requested by the Crisis Care Committee so our health care providers could continue to provide the best medical care possible for Alaskans under good faith immunity' (Commissioner Crum). Activation under Addendum No. 1 to the Public Health Emergency Order provides a decision-making framework for conventional, contingency and crisis standards of care and liability protection under HB 76.

Enforcement

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