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Executive Order No. 13A

Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic: Revised Order for Masks and Face Coverings; Effective Date of Legislation Requiring Testing of Nursing Home Staff

Governor Ned Lamont · Connecticut (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Connecticut
Level
State
Authority
Conn. Gen. Stat. 19a-131a, 28-9; declarations of July 2021
Issued
2021-08-05 Aug. 5, 2021
Effective
2021-08-05
End
2021-09-30 by its terms (continued under the renewed declarations thereafter) (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 5, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Face-covering requirementSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all persons indoors in public places
  • Commissioner of Public Health (rule listing settings where masks are required regardless of vaccination)
  • Commissioners of Education and Early Childhood (school and child-care mask rules under EO 9 sec. 1)
  • nursing homes (staff testing)
Functions reached
  • WS unvaccinated congregants, staff and volunteers masked indoors when not distanced; settings listed by the DPH rule masked regardless of vaccination
  • RE religious schools and church child care reached through the DPH rule under para. 1(b) and the Commissioner of Education / Office of Early Childhood rules preserved by para. 1(f)
  • FS homeless shelters (a setting the recitals name for universal masking)
  • CR nursing-home staff testing (P.A. 21-185 sec. 6 made effective Aug. 5, 2021 instead of Oct. 1)
  • HR employer liable for employees' mask fines
  • OP
Collection
Religious Organizations and Nonprofits SEC-16

Operative words

1. Revised Mask Requirements. Executive Order No. 12A is repealed. A person while indoors in a public place who does not maintain a safe social distance of approximately six feet from every other person and who is not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 shall cover their mouth and nose with a mask or cloth face covering.... b. The Commissioner of Public Health shall issue a rule setting forth a comprehensive list of facilities, venues, and other locations where masks and cloth face coverings are required, including for people who are vaccinated, and will amend said rule as the Commissioner determines is warranted by public health conditions. i. Any person who fails to wear a mask or cloth-face covering as required by section (b) above... shall be guilty of a violation and fined one hundred dollars. An employer, rather than the employee, is liable for the fine for any employee's failure to wear a required mask or cloth-face covering while at work.... e. Any business, nonprofit organization, property owner, or state, regional, or municipal government or agency may... require the universal use of masks or face coverings or require staff to wear masks or face coverings in settings under their ownership or control, including, but not limited to, offices, places of public accommodation, public venues, or public meetings. f. Nothing in this order shall limit the authority of the Commissioner of Education or the Commissioner of Early Childhood to issue operational rules, including but not limited to mask or face covering requirements, pursuant to Executive Order No. 9, Section 1.... 2. Effective Date of Legislation Requiring Testing of Nursing Home Staff During Disease Outbreaks. Section 6 of Public Act 21-185 is modified to take effect immediately. This order shall take effect immediately and remain in effect through September 30, 2021 unless earlier modified or terminated.

Enforcement

Conn. Gen. Stat. 28-22; $100 fine per violation under para. 1(b)(i), with the employer liable for an employee's failure at work; Conn. Gen. Stat. 51-164n(b) amended to let DPH, local health directors, police and campus public-safety departments issue the fines

Notes

Correction (repair, Sept. 27, 2026): the order's operative text does not itself name schools or child care; the universal school and child-care mask requirement was imposed through the DPH rule issued under para. 1(b) and the Commissioner of Education / OEC rules preserved by para. 1(f) (CT State file). The recitals describe schools, health-care facilities and homeless shelters as settings where universal masking 'may' be required. 6 effective immediately.

Retrieval note

Clause quoted verbatim from the text layer (repair, Sept. 27, 2026).

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