The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Massachusetts
- Level
- State
- Authority
- G.L. c. 111, ss. 3 and 6
- Issued
- 2021-09-08 Sept. 8, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-09-08 (emergency; published Mass. Register 10/1/21); vaccination required no later than October 31, 2021 (read as 2021-09-08)
- End
- Emergency regulation in force through 2021 Q3 and beyond (read as 2021-09-30)
- In force
- Sept. 8, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing
- Addressees
- Home Care Agencies (MassHealth home health, continuous skilled nursing, GAFC, HCBS waiver providers; ASAP and SCO contractors)
- Home Care Agency Workers
- Non-agency Based Home Care Workers incl. Personal Care Attendants and Independent Nurses
- Functions reached
- HC in-home visits
- HR hiring and retention of aides from Sept. 8, 2021
- WF workforce
- IN intake capacity
- Collection
- Massachusetts MA
Operative words
Each Home Care Agency shall ensure all Home Care Agency Workers have received COVID-19 vaccination no later than October 31, 2021, unless an individual is subject to an exemption in accordance with 105 CMR 159.010(D).... each Non-Agency Based Home Care Worker shall document no later than October 31, 2021 that they have received COVID-19 vaccination.
Enforcement
Documentation and attestation requirements; reporting on request to MassHealth or the Executive Office of Elder Affairs; agency compliance as a condition of MassHealth and ASAP contracts
Notes
Emergency regulation effective in 2021 Q3 with the compliance date one month into Q4.
Retrieval noteFile name carries 2021-09-17 (approximate filing date); the regulation's own footer reads 'Effective 9/8/21'.