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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-002	Enforcement Discretion Under HIPAA To Allow Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information by Business Associates for Public Health and Health Oversight Activities in Response to COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 19392 (Apr. 7, 2020)Enforcement Discretion Under HIPAA To Allow Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information by Business Associates for Public Health…	Roger T. Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil RightsFederal	Apr. 2, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-021	DEA-DC-043 (EO-DEA213), guidance: Administering certain controlled substances in the parking lot of a health care provider's DEA-registered location during the COVID-19 public health emergencyAdministering Certain CS in the parking lot of a healthcare provider's DEA-registered location during the COVID-19 public health emergency	Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division (guidance document EO-DEA213)	United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal	July 28, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-001	Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 22024 (Apr. 21, 2020)Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency	Roger T. Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil RightsFederal	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-043	Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff: Enforcement Policy for Ventilators and Accessories and Other Respiratory Devices During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (March 2020)Enforcement Policy for Ventilators and Accessories and Other Respiratory Devices During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public…	Food and Drug Administration, CDRH	United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological HealthFederal	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersSupply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-003	Enforcement Discretion Regarding COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites (CBTS) During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 29637 (May 18, 2020)Enforcement Discretion Regarding COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites (CBTS) During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency	Roger T. Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil RightsFederal	Apr. 9, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-038	Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying emergency use of in vitro diagnostics, 85 Fed. Reg. 7316 (Feb. 7, 2020)Determination of Public Health Emergency	Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the SecretaryFederal	Feb. 4, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-006	Notice of Expiration of Certain Notifications of Enforcement Discretion Issued in Response to the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 88 Fed. Reg. 22380 (Apr. 13, 2023)Notice of Expiration of Certain Notifications of Enforcement Discretion Issued in Response to the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health…	Melanie Fontes Rainer, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil RightsFederal	Apr. 11, 2023		Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044	Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Mar. 25, 2020; revised Apr. 2020, May 2020, Sept. 2021; superseded Sept. 5, 2023)Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency	Food and Drug Administration, CDRH	United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological HealthFederal	Mar. 25, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-061	Interim Final Rule, Authority of VA Professionals To Practice Health Care, 85 Fed. Reg. 71838 (Nov. 12, 2020)Authority of VA Professionals To Practice Health Care	Department of Veterans Affairs (Robert L. Wilkie, Secretary)	United States (federal); Department of Veterans AffairsFederal	Nov. 12, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-005	Enforcement Discretion Regarding Online or Web-Based Scheduling Applications for the Scheduling of Individual Appointments for COVID-19 Vaccination During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 86 Fed. Reg. 11076 (Feb. 24, 2021)Enforcement Discretion Regarding Online or Web-Based Scheduling Applications for the Scheduling of Individual Appointments for COVID-19…	Robinsue Frohboese, Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil RightsFederal	Jan. 19, 2021	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-015	DEA-DC-023 (DEA075), How to Prescribe Controlled Substances to Patients During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (decision tree)How to Prescribe Controlled Substances to Patients During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division	United States (federal); Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control DivisionFederal	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Telework mandateHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-027	COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Response and 42 CFR Part 2 GuidanceCOVID-19 Public Health Emergency Response and 42 CFR Part 2 Guidance	SAMHSA	United States (federal); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationFederal	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-041	Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy for Preparation of Certain Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Products During the Public Health Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 19, 2020; updated Mar. 27 and Apr. 15, 2020, and later)Temporary Policy for Preparation of Certain Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Products During the Public Health Emergency (COVID-19)	Food and Drug Administration, CDER	United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and ResearchFederal	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Supply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-042	Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy for Manufacture of Alcohol for Incorporation Into Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Products During the Public Health Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 24, 2020; updated Mar. 27 and Apr. 15, 2020, and later)Temporary Policy for Manufacture of Alcohol for Incorporation Into Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Products During the Public Health Emergency…	Food and Drug Administration, CDER	United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Drug Evaluation and ResearchFederal	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Supply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-046	Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Chain Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Apr. 2020)Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Chain Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments During the…	Food and Drug Administration, CFSAN	United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionFederal	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-069	VA announcement of July 26, 2021: COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for Title 38 VHA health care personnel within eight weeksVA mandates COVID-19 vaccines among its medical employees including VHA facilities staff	Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs	United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health AdministrationFederal	July 26, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-058	IHS Coronavirus (COVID-19) News page listing the Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leader letters of Mar. 9, 16, 23 and 27, 2020 (archived Mar. 29, 2020)Coronavirus (COVID-19) / News: Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leader Messages on COVID-19	Indian Health Service (Principal Deputy Director Rear Adm. Michael D. Weahkee)	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Indian Health ServiceFederal	Mar. 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-070	VA announcement of Aug. 12, 2021: vaccine mandate expanded effective Aug. 13, 2021 to most VHA employees and to volunteers and contractors who work in or visit VHA facilities or come into contact with VA patients and health care workersVA expands mandate for COVID-19 vaccines among VHA employees	Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs	United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health AdministrationFederal	Aug. 12, 2021	2021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testing	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-118	Provider Relief Fund, Acceptance of Terms and Conditions, Relief Fund Payment from Initial $30 Billion General DistributionAcceptance of Terms and Conditions - Relief Fund Payment from Initial $30 Billion General Distribution	Secretary of Health and Human Services (terms administered by HRSA)	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services (Health Resources and Services Administration administering the Provider Relief Fund)Federal	Apr. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-045	Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Certain Packaged Food During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 26, 2020)Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Certain Packaged Food During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency	Food and Drug Administration, CFSAN	United States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Food Safety and Applied NutritionFederal	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Supply chainOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-032	Policy for Diagnostics Testing in Laboratories Certified To Perform High Complexity Testing Under CLIA Prior to Emergency Use Authorization for Coronavirus Disease-2019 During the Public Health Emergency; Immediately in Effect Guidance, 85 Fed. Reg. 13138 (Mar. 6, 2020)Policy for Diagnostics Testing in Laboratories Certified To Perform High Complexity Testing Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement…	Food and Drug Administration, HHS	United States (federal); Food and Drug AdministrationFederal	Feb. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-052	Emergency Use Authorization: NIOSH-approved air purifying respirators for health care personnel (issued Mar. 2, 2020; reissued Mar. 28, 2020 and July 12, 2021)Letter of Authorization to CDC, NIOSH-Approved Air Purifying Respirators (reissued July 12, 2021)	Jacqueline A. O'Shaughnessy, Acting Chief Scientist, FDA (letter to CDC)	United States (federal); Food and Drug AdministrationFederal	July 12, 2021	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-040	Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020)Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19	Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the SecretaryFederal	Mar. 10, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-025	FAQs: Provision of methadone and buprenorphine for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in the COVID-19 emergencyFAQs: Provision of methadone and buprenorphine for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in the COVID-19 emergency	SAMHSA, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Division of Pharmacologic Therapies	United States (federal); Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationFederal	Apr. 21, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-026	Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Guidance (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 19, 2020): blanket take-home exceptionsOpioid Treatment Program (OTP) Guidance	SAMHSA (Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use)	United States (federal); Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services AdministrationFederal	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read

Roger T. Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS, Enforcement Discretion Under HIPAA To Allow Uses and Disclosures of Protected Health Information by Business Associates for Public Health and Health Oversight Activities in Response to COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 19392 (Apr. 7, 2020) (Apr. 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-002)
Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division (guidance document EO-DEA213), DEA-DC-043 (EO-DEA213), guidance: Administering certain controlled substances in the parking lot of a health care provider's DEA-registered location during the COVID-19 public health emergency (July 28, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-021)
Roger T. Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS, Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth Remote Communications During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 22024 (Apr. 21, 2020) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-001)
Food and Drug Administration, CDRH, Guidance for Industry and FDA Staff: Enforcement Policy for Ventilators and Accessories and Other Respiratory Devices During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (March 2020) (Mar. 22, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-043)
Roger T. Severino, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS, Enforcement Discretion Regarding COVID-19 Community-Based Testing Sites (CBTS) During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 85 Fed. Reg. 29637 (May 18, 2020) (Apr. 9, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-003)
Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Determination of Public Health Emergency and Declaration that circumstances exist justifying emergency use of in vitro diagnostics, 85 Fed. Reg. 7316 (Feb. 7, 2020) (Feb. 4, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-038)
Melanie Fontes Rainer, Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS, Notice of Expiration of Certain Notifications of Enforcement Discretion Issued in Response to the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 88 Fed. Reg. 22380 (Apr. 13, 2023) (Apr. 11, 2023) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-006)
Food and Drug Administration, CDRH, Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Face Masks and Respirators During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Public Health Emergency (Mar. 25, 2020; revised Apr. 2020, May 2020, Sept. 2021; superseded Sept. 5, 2023) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044)
Department of Veterans Affairs (Robert L. Wilkie, Secretary), Interim Final Rule, Authority of VA Professionals To Practice Health Care, 85 Fed. Reg. 71838 (Nov. 12, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-061)
Robinsue Frohboese, Acting Director, Office for Civil Rights, HHS, Enforcement Discretion Regarding Online or Web-Based Scheduling Applications for the Scheduling of Individual Appointments for COVID-19 Vaccination During the COVID-19 Nationwide Public Health Emergency, 86 Fed. Reg. 11076 (Feb. 24, 2021) (Jan. 19, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-005)
Drug Enforcement Administration, Diversion Control Division, DEA-DC-023 (DEA075), How to Prescribe Controlled Substances to Patients During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (decision tree) (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-015)
SAMHSA, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Response and 42 CFR Part 2 Guidance (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-027)
Food and Drug Administration, CDER, Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy for Preparation of Certain Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Products During the Public Health Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 19, 2020; updated Mar. 27 and Apr. 15, 2020, and later) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-041)
Food and Drug Administration, CDER, Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy for Manufacture of Alcohol for Incorporation Into Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Products During the Public Health Emergency (COVID-19) (Mar. 24, 2020; updated Mar. 27 and Apr. 15, 2020, and later) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-042)
Food and Drug Administration, CFSAN, Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Standard Menu Items in Chain Restaurants and Similar Retail Food Establishments During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Apr. 2020) (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-046)
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA announcement of July 26, 2021: COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for Title 38 VHA health care personnel within eight weeks (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-069)
Indian Health Service (Principal Deputy Director Rear Adm. Michael D. Weahkee), IHS Coronavirus (COVID-19) News page listing the Tribal and Urban Indian Organization Leader letters of Mar. 9, 16, 23 and 27, 2020 (archived Mar. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-058)
Denis McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, VA announcement of Aug. 12, 2021: vaccine mandate expanded effective Aug. 13, 2021 to most VHA employees and to volunteers and contractors who work in or visit VHA facilities or come into contact with VA patients and health care workers (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-070)
Secretary of Health and Human Services (terms administered by HRSA), Provider Relief Fund, Acceptance of Terms and Conditions, Relief Fund Payment from Initial $30 Billion General Distribution (Apr. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-118)
Food and Drug Administration, CFSAN, Guidance for Industry: Temporary Policy Regarding Nutrition Labeling of Certain Packaged Food During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-045)
Food and Drug Administration, HHS, Policy for Diagnostics Testing in Laboratories Certified To Perform High Complexity Testing Under CLIA Prior to Emergency Use Authorization for Coronavirus Disease-2019 During the Public Health Emergency; Immediately in Effect Guidance, 85 Fed. Reg. 13138 (Mar. 6, 2020) (Feb. 29, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-032)
Jacqueline A. O'Shaughnessy, Acting Chief Scientist, FDA (letter to CDC), Emergency Use Authorization: NIOSH-approved air purifying respirators for health care personnel (issued Mar. 2, 2020; reissued Mar. 28, 2020 and July 12, 2021) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-052)
Alex M. Azar II, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Declaration Under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act for Medical Countermeasures Against COVID-19, 85 Fed. Reg. 15198 (Mar. 17, 2020) (Mar. 10, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-040)
SAMHSA, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Division of Pharmacologic Therapies, FAQs: Provision of methadone and buprenorphine for the treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in the COVID-19 emergency (Apr. 21, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-025)
SAMHSA (Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use), Opioid Treatment Program (OTP) Guidance (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 19, 2020): blanket take-home exceptions (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-026)

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