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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-KC-074Clay County Public Health Center Annual Report 2020 ('In the year of 2020 COVID-19' timeline of public health emergency orders)Official chronology of the Clay County public health emergency orders of 2020Clay County Public Health Center (Director Gary Zaborac) (report); orders signed by the Director under a county state of emergency declared by Presiding Commissioner Jerry NolteClay County, Missouri (Clay County Public Health Center jurisdiction, outside Kansas City)CountyMar. 1, 2021Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementSchools and child careCurfew and hoursConfirmed 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. MET-SLC-019Public Health Order for junior high and middle schools (Sept. 23, 2021), as announced on the Department's coronavirus pageSummit County Health Department coronavirus page (capture of Sept. 26, 2021): '(9/23/21) Summit County Issues Public Health Order for Junior…Summit County Health Department (page); Health Officer Philip Bondurant (order announced)Summit County, UtahCountySept. 23, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed 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-BNA-077Shelby County Health Department directive requiring universal indoor masking in schools and daycares (August 2021; numbered Health Directive No. 24 in the Department's sequence)School and daycare universal indoor masking order (August 2021)Shelby County Health DepartmentShelby County, TennesseeCounty2021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed 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. 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. MET-PHL-088Board of Health order requiring all public and private K-12 schools in Montgomery County to provide virtual-only instruction and suspending extracurricular activities and sportsMontgomery County Board of Health order: all K-12 schools virtual, Nov. 23 - Dec. 6, 2020Montgomery County Board of Health (Chair Michael Laign), unanimous vote of Nov. 13, 2020Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (Board of Health)CountyNov. 13, 20202020 Q4Gathering capSchools and child careConfirmed 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-15-090TEA Public Health Planning Guidance for the 2020-21 school year (July 7, 2020; on-campus instruction with masks required; parental choice of remote; attendance-funding flexibility of July 14-17, 2020 for up to eight weeks of remote instruction), and the Aug. 5 and Aug. 19, 2021 public health guidance (mask provision not enforced during the GA-38 litigation)TEA SY 2020-21 Public Health Planning Guidance and 2021-22 updatesTexas Education Agency (Commissioner Mike Morath)TexasSector regulatorJuly 7, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed 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. ECO-B-091Public Health Emergency Order of August 17, 2021 (masks): face masks required in all indoor public settings, including schools, regardless of vaccination statusPublic Health Order Requiring Face Masks in Indoor Public Settings (Aug. 17, 2021)Acting Secretary of Health David R. Scrase, M.D., New Mexico Department of HealthNew MexicoStateAug. 17, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careConfirmed 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. MET-PHL-090Chester County instruments: COVID-19 disaster emergency declaration (March 2020); intergovernmental agreement to serve Delaware County (approved Mar. 18, 2020; ended July 31, 2021); Health Department school guidance (Aug. 4, 2020) and 2021-22 close-contact, symptomatic and antigen-testing instructions (Aug. 2021); 'Simple Ask: Wear a Mask' campaign (2020); First Amended Declaration of Judicial Emergency of the Court of Common Pleas (2020)Chester County COVID-19 instruments (by category)Chester County Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department (Jeanne Casner, Director, 2020; Jeanne Franklin, Public Health Director, 2021); President Judge of the 15th Judicial DistrictChester County, Pennsylvania (Board of Commissioners; Chester County Health Department; Court of Common Pleas, 15th Judicial District)County2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationSchools and child careCourts and public officesQuarantine 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. ECO-B-086CDPH, COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (July 12, 2021, as later amended)COVID-19 Public Health Guidance for K-12 Schools in California, 2021-22 School Year (universal indoor masking in K-12 schools from July 12…California Department of Public HealthCaliforniaStateJuly 12, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child careQuarantine and isolationConfirmed 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-NE-033Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009 (statewide) (cross-reference to Ex. NE-008; not re-saved)Directed Health Measure Order 2020-009: the first statewide order and its compliance commandNebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer / Director of Public Health Gary Anthone, M.D.Nebraska (statewide)StateApr. 3, 20202020 Q2Standing dutyBusiness closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationOperating conditionConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-BOS-007City of Boston announcement of Mar. 15, 2020: public health emergency declared; Boston Public Schools closure from Mar. 17; Licensing Board restrictions on restaurants, bars and clubsPublic health emergency declared, details for BPS, restrictions for restaurants, bars, clubs (boston.gov, March 15, 2020)Mayor Martin J. Walsh; Licensing Board for the City of Boston; Boston Public SchoolsCity of Boston, MassachusettsCityMar. 15, 20202020 Q2Emergency declarationCapacity limitSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsConfirmed from a secondary source