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Ex. SEC-01-006QSO-20-13-Hospitals-CAHs (REVISED)Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): FAQs and Considerations for Patient Triage…CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight GroupUnited StatesFederalMar. 4, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-139Order of the Secretary Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Mar. 24, 2020), as amended July 10, 2020, Jan. 27, 2021 (SEC-01-094) and Aug. 13, 2021 (effective Aug. 18, 2021)Pennsylvania hospital daily reporting order and its Aug. 13, 2021 amendmentSecretary / Acting Secretary of HealthPennsylvaniaStateMar. 24, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. CA-012Executive Order N-39-20Executive Order N-39-20 (health-care workforce: Department of Consumer Affairs authority to waive licensing requirements; facility…Governor Gavin NewsomCaliforniaStateMar. 30, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-STL-056Residential Living Facilities Order (April 2, 2020)Residential Living Facilities OrderSt. Louis County Department of Public HealthSt. Louis County, MissouriCountyApr. 2, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-054Proclamation 20-24.1Reducing Restrictions on, and Safe Expansion of, Non-Urgent Medical and Dental ProceduresGovernor Jay InsleeWashingtonStateMay 18, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NC-073NCDHHS Secretarial Orders on long-term care facility visitation and testing (including Secretarial Order No. 3, September 4, 2020)Secretarial Orders governing visitation, testing and infection control at nursing homes and adult care homes (2020-2021)Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy CohenNorth CarolinaSector regulatorSept. 4, 20202020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-041Modification of the County's COVID-19 case-investigation response (Nov. 17, 2020): every positive case instructed to isolate at home until no longer contagious (10 days; fever-free 24 hours); close contacts to quarantine 14 days and not go to work, school, child care or church; priority-location exposure management (schools, long-term care, jail, food processing)Public Health modifying COVID-19 response due to surge in casesClark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director)Clark County, WashingtonCountyNov. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. GA-067Tenth Amended Administrative Order (isolation and quarantine)Isolation requirements for COVID-19-positive persons and quarantine of exposed personsGeorgia Department of Public HealthGeorgiaStateDec. 4, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-PDX-042Adoption of shortened quarantine options for close contacts outside high-priority settings (10 days without symptoms; 7 days with a negative test on or after day 5), Dec. 9, 2020; full 14 days retained for long-term care, health care, food processing, jail, school and child-care workersClark County adopts shortened COVID-19 quarantine options for some close contactsClark County Public Health (Dr. Alan Melnick, health officer and director), adopting Washington DOH and CDC optionsClark County, WashingtonCountyDec. 9, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MI-070MDHHS Emergency Order: Testing requirements for residential care facilitiesResidential care facility testing order of May 5, 2021Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel)MichiganStateMay 5, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MET-DCM-124Executive Order 14-2021 (May 26, 2021), as amended by Executive Order 17-2021 (June 28, 2021)Alignment of county face-covering rules with the State of Maryland (effective May 28, 2021, 5:00 p.m.); continued local emergencyCounty Executive Angela D. AlsobrooksPrince George's County, MarylandCountyMay 26, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Emergency declarationFace-covering requirementTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MI-075MDHHS Emergency Order: Agricultural worker testing (re-issued)Agricultural and food-processing worker testing order of June 11, 2021Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel)MichiganStateJune 11, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolationConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MI-077MDHHS Emergency Order: Requirements for PrisonsPrison requirements order of June 25, 2021 (testing, masking, isolation and visitation rules for State correctional facilities)Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (Director Elizabeth Hertel)MichiganStateJune 25, 20212021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersQuarantine and isolationOtherConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-089VA press release, 'VA mandates COVID-19 vaccines among its medical employees' (July 26, 2021)VA mandates COVID-19 vaccines among its medical employees including VHA facilitiesDepartment of Veterans Affairs (Secretary Denis McDonough)United StatesFederalJuly 26, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersVaccination or testingConfirmed 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. 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. CA-032State Public Health Officer Order of August 5, 2021 (Requirements for Visitors in Acute Health Care and Long-Term Care Settings)Order of the State Public Health Officer: Requirements for Visitors in Acute Health Care and Long-Term Care SettingsState Public Health Officer Tomas J. AragonCaliforniaStateAug. 5, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. MS-077Announced expiry of the State of Emergency on August 15, 2021 and the Governor's reconsideration (August 2021)Leaders fear what could happen if Reeves ends state of emergency on Sunday as planned (Mississippi Today, Aug. 11, 2021)Governor Tate Reeves (reported by Mississippi Today)MississippiStateAug. 11, 20212021 Q3Emergency declarationHealth care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-09710-144 C.M.R. ch. 264, Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (emergency rule adopted Aug. 12, 2021)Emergency Rule: Immunization Requirements for Healthcare Workers (adding COVID-19)Maine Department of Health and Human Services and Maine CDCMaineStateAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-141Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 Mandating Vaccines for Healthcare Workers and in Higher Education, Healthcare, and Related Settings (adopted Aug. 12, 2021; effective Aug. 16, 2021)Philadelphia health care worker vaccination regulationPhiladelphia Board of Health / Department of Public HealthPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaCityAug. 12, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-057MDH Order No. 2021-08-18-02, Amended Nursing Home Matters OrderAmended Nursing Home Matters Order: nursing home staff vaccination (first dose by September 1, 2021) or regular testingMaryland Department of Health (Secretary Dennis R. Schrader)MarylandStateAug. 18, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-04-065Governor's Aug. 18, 2021 vaccination protocols for nursing home and hospital staff (as reported by WBOC)Hogan Institutes Stricter Vaccine Protocols for Workers at Md. Nursing Homes, HospitalsGovernor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr. (announcement); Maryland Department of Health (implementing order)MarylandStateAug. 18, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ECO-B-137'Vaccine or Test' requirement for Commonwealth employees in health care and high-risk congregate facilities, announced August 10, 2021, effective September 7, 2021Commonwealth employees in state hospitals and high-risk congregate facilities: vaccination or weekly testingGovernor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateAug. 10, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. ID-072Statewide expansion of Crisis Standards of Care activationCrisis Standards of Care activated statewideIdaho Department of Health and WelfareIdahoSector regulatorSept. 16, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-101Statewide activation of Crisis Standards of Care (news release Sept. 16, 2021)Crisis Standards of Care activated statewide due to surge in COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalizationIdaho Department of Health and WelfareIdahoStateSept. 16, 20212021 Q3Capacity limitHealth care ordersConfirmed from a secondary source

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