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Executive Order 2020-16

Increasing Hospital Capacity for COVID-19 Preparedness

Governor Douglas A. Ducey · Arizona (State)

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Jurisdiction
Arizona
Level
State
Authority
Ariz. Const.; A.R.S. 26-303; 36-787
Issued
2020-03-26 Mar. 26, 2020
Effective
2020-03-26
End
180 days unless terminated earlier (Sept. 22, 2020) (read as 2020-09-22)
In force
Mar. 26, 2020 to Sept. 22, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Health care orders
Addressees
  • all licensed hospitals
  • AHCCCS
  • insurers
Functions reached
  • IP inpatient units and surge capacity
  • ED emergency department
  • SX surgery
  • HR staffing
  • CB payers
Collection
Arizona AZ

Operative words

All licensed hospitals as defined in A.A.C. R9-10-101, shall activate their facility emergency plan... shall implement triage processes... shall institute plans to optimize staffing levels... shall evaluate their current capacity and develop a plan to increase their bed capacity by 50% by April 24, 2020, with the first 25% implemented by April 10, 2020

Enforcement

ADHS licensing authority; reporting through EMResource within one week

Notes

Insurers must reimburse surge-bed stays at licensed-bed rates; pediatric hospitals to accept patients to age 21.

Retrieval note

Signed 'Twenty-Sixth Day of March'; the Husch Blackwell chronology lists it under April 1, 2020.

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