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Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-124Summit County Board of Health resolution requiring the use of facial coverings in public (adopted Aug. 27, 2020), as announced in Summit County Public Health's release of Aug. 28, 2020Mandatory masking in all indoor public facilities and outdoors where six feet of distance cannot be maintained, effective immediately…Summit County Board of Health (Summit County Public Health, Akron, Ohio)Summit County, Ohio - Summit County Board of Health (local board of health of a general health district)CountyAug. 28, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-113216-RICR-20-15-8, Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care Providers (emergency rule, Aug. 2021)Requirement for Immunization Against COVID-19 for All Workers in Licensed Health Care Facilities and Other Practicing Health Care ProvidersRhode Island Department of HealthRhode IslandStateAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-060Shelby County Health Directive No. 6 (with Health Directives Nos. 3, 4 and 5, April-June 2020)Health Directives Nos. 3 through 6 (Back to Business Phases 1 and 2 conditions)Shelby County Health Department (Alisa Haushalter, Director; Bruce Randolph, M.D., Health Officer)Shelby County, TennesseeCounty2020 Q2Business closureCapacity limitEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-089AFL 20-53.6, COVID-19 Mitigation Plan Recommendations for Testing of Health Care Personnel and Residents at Skilled Nursing Facilities (revision of Dec. 27, 2021; series begun May 2020)SNF testing regime (series from May 2020): staff and resident testing under the mitigation plan; the Dec. 27, 2021 revision adds booster…CDPH, Center for Health Care QualityCalifornia - Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care QualityStateDec. 27, 2021Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-091AFL 21-28 (as revised), Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing, Vaccination Verification and Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Personnel at Skilled Nursing FacilitiesSNFs must verify HCP vaccination status and test unvaccinated HCP under the July 26, 2021 order (effective Aug. 9, 2021; facilities in…Cassie Dunham, Deputy Director, Center for Health Care Quality, CDPHCalifornia - Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care QualityStateAug. 9, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-LABOR-WORKPLACE-008Washington State Legislature bill summary, SB 5115 (2021-22), Establishing health emergency labor standardsESSB 5115, Health Emergency Labor Standards Act: occupational-disease presumption for frontline employees during a public health emergency…Washington State Legislature; signed by Governor Inslee May 11, 2021Washington; Legislature (Health Emergency Labor Standards Act, administered by the Department of Labor and Industries)StateMay 11, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-132Vaccination or testing requirements for State employees, long-term care facility and health care facility workers announced August 12, 2021 ('COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Updates for Long-Term Care Facilities, Health Care Facilities, and State Employees')Delaware vaccination-or-testing requirements: State employees (effective Sept. 30, 2021); long-term care and health care facility workersGovernor John CarneyDelawareStateAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BNA-078Shelby County Health Order No. 26Health Order No. 26 (September-October 2021: indoor mask requirements in businesses and schools continued)Shelby County Health DepartmentShelby County, TennesseeCounty2021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-084Order of Health Officer of Nov. 20, 2020 (mirroring the Governor's Nov. 17 Directive: gatherings 25 without distancing / 50 with distancing; 50 percent capacity; 10 p.m. closing; masks and distancing required of all businesses), continued Jan. 6, 2021 and loosened effective 5:00 a.m. Jan. 22, 2021 (75 percent capacity; 12:30 a.m. to 4 a.m. closure; events of 250 indoor / 500 outdoor with approved plans; gathering caps and masks retained) until the case rate is at or below 25 per 100,000 for four consecutive weeksCascade City-County Health Officer Order of November 20, 2020, as continued and amendedTrisha Gardner, Public Health Officer, Cascade City-County Health Department; Board of Health (Jan. 20, 2021 amendments)Cascade County, MontanaCountyNov. 20, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementCurfew and hoursWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-19-024State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021Health Care Worker Vaccine RequirementState Public Health Officer (California Department of Public Health)CaliforniaStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-076Emergency face covering rule (countywide mask mandate), adopted July 2020; extended Jan. 20, 2021 (to Apr. 20, 2021) and April 2021 (to May 27, 2021); enforcement lifted by the Health Officer May 14, 2021Gallatin City-County Board of Health local face covering emergency ruleGallatin City-County Board of Health; Matt Kelley, Health OfficerGallatin County, MontanaCountyJuly 17, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NM-076Public Health Emergency Order of February 24, 2021 (Turquoise level added) and its March 2021 reissuePublic Health Emergency Order... Amending Prior Public Health Emergency Orders to Impose County-by-County Restrictions Due to COVID-19Secretary of Health Tracie C. Collins, M.D.New MexicoStateFeb. 24, 20212021 Q12021 Q2Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-04-055DHSS announcement of vaccination-or-testing requirements for long-term care facilities, health care facilities and State employeesCOVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Updates for Long-Term Care Facilities, Health Care Facilities, and State EmployeesDelaware Department of Health and Social Services / Division of Public Health (release)DelawareStateAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-070Preliminary Guidance for Phased Reopening of Pre-K to 12 Schools (June 3, 2020) requiring a board-approved Health and Safety Plan before any school entity reopensRequirement that every school entity adopt and post a Health and Safety Plan approved by its governing body, consistent with the Secretary…Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary Pedro A. Rivera; Acting Secretary Noe Ortega)Pennsylvania Department of Education (Secretary of Education); State levelStateJune 3, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-KS-001Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29 (2025), enrolled bill amending K.S.A. 65-101, 65-119 and 65-129b (the struck text is the statute as it stood throughout 2020-2021)AN ACT concerning public health; removing the authorization for a county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public…Kansas Legislature (enrolled Substitute for Senate Bill No. 29, 2025 Session; L. 2025, ch. 115)KansasStateJuly 1, 20252020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyGathering capQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-TX-009Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervalsDeclaration of Public Health DisasterCommissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.)TexasStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyEmergency declarationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-AUS-029Notice of Rules: Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020Health Authority Rules of December 15, 2020 (face coverings; site rules; continuing through April 15, 2021)Austin-Travis County Health Authority (Dr. Mark Escott)City of Austin, TexasCityDec. 15, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Gathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MT-087Senate Bill 65 (2021): COVID-19 civil liability protections for businesses, health care providers, nonprofit organizations and places of worship that take measures to protect individuals from COVID-19 and follow public health guidanceSenate Bill No. 65 (2021), COVID-19 liability protectionsMontana Legislature (67th), Senate Bill 65, signed by Governor Gianforte Feb. 10, 2021MontanaStateFeb. 10, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Workplace rulesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NE-089Lincoln-Lancaster County Directed Health Measure of August 2021 (indoor face coverings)Lancaster County indoor mask directed health measure, Aug. 26 - Dec. 23, 2021Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department, Health Director Pat Lopez, with Mayor Leirion Gaylor BairdCity of Lincoln and Lancaster CountyCountyAug. 24, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IN-086Public Health Regulation and Order effective Aug. 5, 2021 (as reported by WISH-TV, Aug. 4, 2021)Countywide indoor face-covering requirement regardless of vaccination statusMonroe County Health Officer (Dr. Thomas W. Sharp) and Monroe County Board of Health, approved by the Monroe County Board of CommissionersMonroe County, IndianaCountyAug. 4, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-040Public Health Order 2020-01 (COVID-19)Public Health Order 2020-01: restaurants and food-service establishments closed to patrons except for take-out pickup; gatherings over fifty…Salt Lake County Mayor Jennifer Wilson and Health Department Executive Director Gary EdwardsSalt Lake County, UtahCountyMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-IND-093News report of the HHC employee COVID-19 vaccination requirementWTHR, 'Eskenazi, Indianapolis EMS, Marion County Public Health Department employees required to be vaccinated by Monday' (September 20…WTHR-TV (13News), reporting the Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion CountyHealth and Hospital Corporation of Marion County (MCPHD, Eskenazi Health, Indianapolis EMS, long-term care)OtherSept. 20, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-044Public Health Order 2020-05 ('Stay Smart, Stay Safe')Public Health Order 2020-05: revises the March 29 'Stay Safe, Stay Home' Order to 'Stay Smart, Stay Safe' (restaurants may admit patrons to…Salt Lake County Mayor Jennifer Wilson and Health Department Executive Director Gary EdwardsSalt Lake County, UtahCountyApr. 17, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-07-050Reopening Safer at Work and in the Community for Control of COVID-19: Health Officer Order (revised July 17, 2021)Health Officer Order requiring masks indoors in all public settings, venues, gatherings and businesses regardless of vaccination statusCounty of Los Angeles Health Officer (Muntu Davis, M.D.)Los Angeles County, CaliforniaCountyJuly 17, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-11-047COVID-19 Health Mandate 010 - International and Interstate Travel - Order for Self-QuarantineHealth Mandate 010: International and Interstate Travel (14-day self-quarantine; critical infrastructure plans)Governor Mike Dunleavy; Commissioner of Health and Social Services Adam Crum; Chief Medical Officer Anne ZinkAlaskaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1Travel and quarantineWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source