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Ex. MET-RIV-055Health Officer Orders index page (archived July 3, 2021)San Bernardino County Health Officer Orders (index of every county order and the State orders applied to the county, March 10, 2020 to June…San Bernardino County Department of Public Health (sbcovid19.com, 'Health Officer Orders' page as archived July 3, 2021)San Bernardino County, CaliforniaCountyJuly 3, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-SLC-055Utah County Health Department 'Public Health Orders / Directives / Guidance' page (May 15, 2020; capture of June 22, 2020)Listing of Utah County Public Health Orders: Revised Order March 23 - April 1, 2020; Order April 2 - 17, 2020; Order April 17 - May 1, 2020…Utah County Health DepartmentUtah County, UtahCountyMay 15, 20202020 Q2OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IN-089Senate Enrolled Act 5 (2021), 'Local Health Departments; Public Health Emergencies' (law-firm description)Local health orders more stringent than the Governor's executive order require approval of the county or city legislative body; appeal…Indiana General Assembly (Senate Enrolled Act 5, 2021), as described in Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, 'The 2021 Indiana General Assembly in Review' (June 30, 2021)IndianaStateMay 10, 20212021 Q22021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-131State Public Health Order (Apr. 22, 2020) (health care facility protocols; Utah Roadmap for Resuming Elective Procedures)State Public Health Order: protocols for covered healthcare providers and resumption of elective proceduresUtah Department of HealthUtahStateApr. 22, 20202020 Q2Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DCM-060Northern Virginia Health Directors' Assessment of Phased Reopening CriteriaNoVA Health Directors Assessment of Phased Reopening Criteria (May 9, 2020)Northern Virginia Health DirectorsNorthern Virginia (Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William health districts and Alexandria Health Department)CountyMay 9, 20202020 Q2OtherConfirmed 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. MET-STL-095Judgment in Robinson et al. v. Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (Cole County Cir. Ct. Nov. 22, 2021) (secondary-source record) [POST-PERIOD]Missouri judge: local COVID orders issued by health officials violated the Missouri Constitution (Missouri Independent, Nov. 23, 2021)Circuit Judge Daniel Green (judgment of Nov. 22, 2021), as reported by the Missouri IndependentCole County Circuit Court, Missouri (statewide effect on local health orders)CourtNov. 22, 2021OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-044Guidance: 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 EmergencyFood and Drug Administration, CDRHUnited States (federal); Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological HealthFederalMar. 25, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Context (guidance or announcement)Face-covering requirementSupply chainOtherConfirmed 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. 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. MET-BOS-112Notice that all Orders of the Chelsea Board of Health imposing COVID restrictions expire May 29, 2021Orders of the Chelsea Board of Health imposing COVID restrictions expires on May 29 (chelseama.gov, May 19, 2021)Chelsea Board of HealthCity of Chelsea, MassachusettsCityMay 19, 20212021 Q2OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-GA-018ACCG, State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health Emergency (Mar. 16, 2020; updated Mar. 17, 2020)State Laws Impacting Georgia Counties during the 2020 Public Health EmergencyAssociation County Commissioners of Georgia (ACCG), the statewide association of Georgia's 159 county governmentsGeorgiaStateMar. 17, 20202020 Q2Standing dutyBusiness closureTravel and quarantineQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-NE-013Health Director's power to close or restrict access to any business; penalty for violating a Directed Health MeasureCity of Lincoln (Lincoln Municipal Code ch. 8.18) as recited by the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health DepartmentLincoln and Lancaster County, NebraskaCityJuly 17, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-RIV-011Board of Supervisors vote of May 8, 2020 directing rescission of local health orders (news release)Riverside County reverts to state orders: Most local health orders to be rescinded in alignment with governor's ordersRiverside County Board of Supervisors (special meeting of May 8, 2020), reported by the County Joint Information CenterRiverside County, CaliforniaCountyMay 8, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CO-096Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay ('Colorado HELP') Rules, 7 CCR 1103-10 (emergency rules adopted Mar. 11, 2020; amended Mar. 16, Apr. 3, Apr. 27 and July 14, 2020)Colorado Health Emergency Leave with Pay RulesColorado Department of Labor and Employment, Division of Labor Standards and StatisticsColoradoSector regulatorMar. 11, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Workplace rulesQuarantine and isolationOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-HI-012Department of Health web page, 'Hawaii Isolation and Control Requirements' (Reporting an Illness: For Healthcare Providers)Hawaii Isolation and Control RequirementsDepartment of Health, Disease Outbreak Control DivisionHawaiiStateSept. 28, 20262020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-055Office of the Professions page, 'COVID-19: Executive Orders' (list of the Executive Order 202-series suspensions and modifications of Title VIII licensing law for each profession, with their expiration June 25, 2021; later Executive Order 4-series items with expirations to Feb. 21, 2023)Important Information for Licensees Impacted by COVID-19: Executive Orders affecting Title VIII professions (out-of-State physicians…New York State Education Department, Office of the ProfessionsNew York State Education Department, Office of the Professions; State levelSector regulatorMar. 7, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IL-015Restore Illinois: A Public Health Approach to Safely Reopen Our State (five-phase, eleven-region plan)Restore Illinois planGovernor JB Pritzker; Illinois Department of Public Health; Department of Commerce and Economic OpportunityIllinoisStateMay 5, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Business closureCapacity limitGathering capOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. IN-095Senate Enrolled Act 5 (2021) (enrolled act text)Local Health Departments; Public Health Emergencies (adding Ind. Code § 16-20-1-21.5 and § 16-22-8-31.3)Indiana General AssemblyIndianaStateMay 10, 20212021 Q22021 Q3OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-107Rescission of St. Louis County Department of Public Health 2019 Novel Coronavirus Reopen STL Order (May 13, 2021)Rescission of the Reopen STL Order (end of the County's general capacity, distancing and mask requirements)St. Louis County Department of Public Health (Acting Director Dr. Faisal Khan)St. Louis County, MissouriCountyMay 13, 20212021 Q2OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DUT-MS-007Miss. Code Ann. § 41-23-5 and § 41-3-15 (legislative reprint of 2022)Legislative reprint of the epidemic-control, isolation, quarantine and detainment provisions (the bill's proposed addition, Governor's…Legislature of Mississippi (House Bill 612, 2022 Regular Session, as introduced; died in committee Feb. 1, 2022)MississippiStateFeb. 1, 20222020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Standing dutyBusiness closureQuarantine and isolationStanding dutyConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-MKE-071city.milwaukee.gov/MMFS index page (May 30, 2020 capture) listing 'Moving Milwaukee Forward - Order #1 COVID-19 Public Health Plan for the City of Milwaukee' (May 14, 2020: 'City of Milwaukee Releases New Order') and 'Moving Milwaukee Forward - Order #2' (May 21-22, 2020) and a May 29, 2020 updateMoving Milwaukee Forward Safely pageCity of Milwaukee (Moving Milwaukee Forward Safely web page, as captured May 30, 2020)City of Milwaukee, WisconsinCityMay 30, 20202020 Q2OtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. WI-038Emergency Orders #20 and #21 (April 6, 2020)Health professional licensing flexibilities; temporary licenses not to expire during the emergencyAndrea Palm, Secretary-designee, Wisconsin Department of Health Services (with DSPS)WisconsinStateApr. 6, 20202020 Q2Health care ordersOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. DE-003Second Modification of the Declaration of a State of EmergencySecond Modification of the Declaration of a State of Emergency (take-out alcohol; closure of bowling alleys, movie theaters, fitness…Governor John C. CarneyDelawareStateMar. 18, 20202020 Q2Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesOtherConfirmed from a secondary source

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