| Ex. FED-098 | QSO-20-18-HHA, Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention Concerning Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Home Health Agencies (HHAs)QSO-20-18-HHA | CMS, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group | United States (Medicare and Medicaid home health agencies)Federal | Mar. 10, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FED-160 | COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (consolidated document; version updated May 24, 2021)COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, HHS | United States (Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP providers)Federal | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-01-006 | QSO-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 Group | United StatesFederal | Mar. 4, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care orders | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-02-005 | COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care ProvidersBlanket 1135 waivers (physicians and other clinicians: telehealth, licensure, supervision, signature, enrollment) | CMS (Secretary of HHS) | United StatesFederal | Mar. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-001 | QSO-20-14-NH (REVISED)Guidance for Infection Control and Prevention of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in nursing homes (REVISED) | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group | United States (Medicare- and Medicaid-certified nursing homes)Sector regulator | Mar. 9, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q3 | Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-015 | COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers (LTC facilities, HHAs, hospices, ICF/IIDs)COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (section 1135 waiver authority) | United StatesFederal | Mar. 30, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-044 | Executive Directive No. 21-012 (revised Dec. 22, 2022)Directive for the Resumption of Services in all Long-Term Care Facilities licensed pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:43, 8:36, 8:39 and 8:37 | Commissioner of Health | New JerseyState | Dec. 22, 2022 | | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-005 | QSO-20-38-NHInterim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Survey and Certification Group | United StatesSector regulator | Aug. 26, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-073 | QSO-20-38-NH REVISED 09/10/2021Interim Final Rule (IFC), CMS-3401-IFC, Additional Policy and Regulatory Revisions in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency… | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services | United StatesSector regulator | Sept. 10, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. AK-031 | Addendum No. 1 to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order (Crisis Standards of Care)Addendum No. 1, COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Order, September 21, 2021 | Adam Crum, Commissioner, DHSS | AlaskaState | Sept. 21, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Emergency declarationHealth care ordersSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. CT-060 | DPH Order rescinding restrictions on visitors in nursing homes, residential care homes and chronic disease hospitalsOrder rescinding the Commissioner's visitor-restriction orders of Mar. 13, Apr. 21, June 12 and Aug. 27, 2020 | Department of Public Health (Acting Commissioner Deidre S. Gifford) | ConnecticutSector regulator | Sept. 25, 2020 | 2020 Q3 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ID-049 | Guidelines for Safe Visitation in Long-term Care FacilitiesGuidelines for Safe Visitation in Long-term Care Facilities, October 23, 2020 | Idaho Department of Health and Welfare | IdahoSector regulator | Oct. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q42021 Q1 | Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ID-050 | Revised Guidelines for Safe Visitation in Long-term Care FacilitiesRevised Visitation Guidelines for LTCFs, March 19, 2021 | Idaho Department of Health and Welfare | IdahoSector regulator | Mar. 19, 2021 | 2021 Q12021 Q2 | Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ID-051 | Guidelines for Safe Visitation in Long-term Care Facilities (updated June 9, 2021)Guidelines for Safe Visitation in Long-term Care Facilities, Updated 6/9/2021 | Idaho Department of Health and Welfare | IdahoSector regulator | June 9, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Face-covering requirementHealth care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. ID-071 | Proclamation suspending eighteen additional regulations (telehealth, hospital and licensing rules)Proclamation Regarding Temporary Suspension of Various Regulations (Apr. 2, 2020) | Governor Brad Little | IdahoState | Apr. 2, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. KS-052 | KDHE Secretary's Order Requiring COVID-19 Testing in Adult Care HomesOrder Requiring COVID-19 Testing in Adult Care Homes | Lee A. Norman, M.D., Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment and State Health Officer | KansasSector regulator | June 18, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MD-056 | MDH Amended Directive and Order Regarding Nursing Home Matters, No. MDH 2021-06-15-04Amended Directive and Order Regarding Nursing Home Matters | Dennis R. Schrader, Secretary of Health | MarylandSector regulator | June 15, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. MD-059 | MDH Amended Directive and Order Regarding Nursing Home Matters, No. MDH 2021-08-18-02Amended Directive and Order Regarding Nursing Home Matters | Dennis R. Schrader, Secretary of Health | MarylandSector regulator | Aug. 18, 2021 | 2021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. OH-049 | Director's Amended Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing HomesDirector's Amended Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes | Stephanie McCloud, Director, Ohio Department of Health | OhioState | May 4, 2021 | 2021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersVaccination or testingQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. OH-079 | Director's Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing HomesDirector's Order for the Testing of the Residents and Staff of all Nursing Homes | Amy Acton, MD, MPH, Director, Ohio Department of Health | OhioState | May 27, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1 | Health care orders | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-01-130 | State Public Health Order (Mar. 23, 2020) postponing elective surgeries and proceduresState Public Health Order: elective surgeries and procedures | Utah Department of Health (Executive Director Joseph Miner) | UtahState | Mar. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Health care orders | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. SEC-02-025 | Executive Order No. 1477 (Safer at Home)Safer at Home Order; Healthcare Activities (sec. I(i)) | Governor Tate Reeves | MississippiState | Apr. 24, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Stay-at-homeCapacity limitGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-068 | All Facilities Letter 20-22 (Mar. 13, 2020), as revised through AFL 20-22.9 (Aug. 12, 2021)Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities: Visitation | California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification Program | CaliforniaState | Mar. 13, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |
| Ex. SEC-04-078 | Appendix K: Emergency Preparedness and Response and COVID-19 Addendum to the Community HealthChoices and OBRA 1915(c) waivers (combined; final amendment fixing the end date)Appendix K: Emergency Preparedness and Response | Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (approval) on the application of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Long-Term Living | Pennsylvania Medicaid (Community HealthChoices waiver PA.0386 and OBRA waiver PA.0235), as the exemplar of every State's Appendix KFederal | Mar. 6, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther | Primary source read | |
| Ex. WV-080 | Nursing Home and Assisted Living Residences COVID-19 Reopening Plan (revised August 21, 2020)Phased visitation, communal dining, group activity, non-essential personnel and salon-service rules keyed to the County Alert System (Red… | DHHR Office of Health Facility Licensure and Certification (OHFLAC) | West VirginiaSector regulator | Aug. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2 | Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules | Primary source read | |