Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (extension to August 22, 2021)

The record

Jurisdiction

Iowa

Level

State

Authority

Iowa Code §§ 29C.6(1), (6), (10), 135.140(6), 135.144(3); 42 U.S.C. § 5170

Issued

2021-07-23 July 23, 2021

Effective

2021-07-23

End

11:59 p.m. August 22, 2021 (continued by IA-040) (read as 2021-08-22)

In force

July 23, 2021 to Aug. 22, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q3

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Emergency declarationHealth care orders

Addressees

• institutional health facilities
• hospitals and residential care facilities
• state agencies
• community colleges
• school athletics

Functions reached

• EMER continuing State public health disaster emergency in Q3 2021
• IP hospital capacity and staffing suspensions
• HR out-of-state licensure
• WF

Collection

Iowa IA

Operative words

'such public health disaster continues to exist and should be extended until August 22, 2021.' NOW THEREFORE, I, KIMBERLY K. REYNOLDS, Governor of the State of Iowa,... do hereby proclaim a STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH DISASTER EMERGENCY continues to exist throughout the entire state of Iowa and do hereby ORDER and DIRECT the following:... REGULATORY RELIEF TO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. SECTION TWO. Pursuant to Iowa Code § 29C.6(6), I continue to temporarily suspend the regulatory provisions of Iowa Code §§ 135.61 through 135.73, and any other provisions of law, requiring an institutional health facility to obtain a certificate of need prior to operating additional bed capacity or to changing the type of institutional health facility or institutional health services offered.... SECTION THREE.... I continue to temporarily suspend the regulatory provisions of any statute or administrative rule that impedes the implementation of a federal waiver issued by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to section 1135 of the Social Security Act.... SECTION SIX.... defining a 'doctor' and 'medical staff' as requiring all doctors and medical staff be licensed to practice in this state, to the extent that individual is licensed to practice in another state... STATE AGENCY OPERATIONS. [activation of the Iowa Emergency Response Plan and state resources].

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