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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. DUT-SC-002	S.C. Code Ann. Title 44, Chapter 4, Emergency Health Powers Act, §§ 44-4-100 to 44-4-570 (in particular §§ 44-4-130, 44-4-300, 44-4-310, 44-4-500, 44-4-510, 44-4-520, 44-4-530, 44-4-540)Emergency Health Powers Act: control of property and dangerous facilities; control and treatment of infectious disease; isolation and…	General Assembly of South Carolina	South CarolinaState	July 2, 2002	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. NH-001	Executive Order 2020-04An order declaring a state of emergency due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Christopher T. Sununu	New HampshireState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationTravel and quarantineSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. NM-002	Public Health Emergency Order restricting visitation at nursing facilities (Mar. 13, 2020)Public Health Emergency Order limiting visitors at nursing facilities and congregate care settings due to COVID-19	Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel (at the Governor's direction)	New MexicoState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. OH-062	Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021)Residential care facility access orders (chain)	Director, Ohio Department of Health	OhioState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SC-001	Executive Order No. 2020-08State of Emergency Due to Coronavirus (COVID-19)	Governor Henry McMaster	South CarolinaState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-063	Memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators: Temporary Operational WaiversTemporary Operational Waivers for Home Health Agencies and Hospices during the COVID-19 emergency	New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Licensing	New JerseyState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersOther	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. VT-001	Executive Order No. 01-20Declaration of State of Emergency in Response to COVID-19 and National Guard Call-Out	Governor Philip B. Scott	VermontState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Emergency declarationTelework mandateGathering capHealth care ordersCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. WA-006	Proclamation 20-10Amending Proclamations 20-05 through 20-09: long-term care workers and facilities (expansion of 20-06 to adult family homes; statutory…	Governor Jay Inslee	WashingtonState	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-014	VADOC release, 'Virginia DOC Mobilized Against COVID-19, Asks Visitors to Self-Monitor'Screening of offenders received from local jails; PPE and pharmaceutical inventory	Virginia Department of Corrections (Director Harold W. Clarke)	Virginia Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 11, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-018	NJDOC release, 'New Jersey Department of Corrections Suspends Visitations to State Prisons and Halfway Houses Statewide'Visits suspended for 30 days effective 5 p.m. Mar. 14, 2020 at State prisons and halfway houses; temperature scans of all individuals…	New Jersey Department of Corrections (Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks)	New Jersey Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Gathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MI-003	Executive Order 2020-7Temporary restrictions on entry into health care facilities, residential care facilities, congregate care facilities, and juvenile justice…	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-087	Executive Order 2020-07Temporary restrictions on entry into health care facilities, residential care facilities, congregate care facilities, and juvenile justice…	Governor Gretchen Whitmer	MichiganState	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-ME-001	22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties)Title 22, Chapter 250: Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions (Maine Revised Statutes, chapter compilation generated January 5, 2026)	Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention)	MaineState	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyEmergency declarationBusiness closureHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. FL-004	DEM Order No. 20-006In re: Suspension of Statutes, Rules, and Orders... (prohibition of visitation to long-term care and residential facilities)	Division of Emergency Management, Director Jared Moskowitz as State Coordinating Officer	FloridaState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. MT-003	Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (school closure; nursing homes; social distancing; transportation; National Guard)Directive implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus	Governor Steve Bullock	MontanaState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Emergency declarationGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-04-040	DEM Emergency Order No. 20-006In re: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (prohibiting visitation to long-term care and similar facilities)	Jared Moskowitz, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management, under Executive Order 20-52	FloridaState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-081	ADOC Public Announcement, 'COVID-19 -- ADOC Suspends All Visitation and Inmate Passes for 30 Days' (Mar. 16, 2020, with updates of Mar. 19-20, 2020)All visitation, inmate passes, tours and volunteer entry suspended statewide 30 days; all non-emergent inmate community physician…	Alabama Department of Corrections (Commissioner Jefferson S. Dunn)	Alabama Department of Corrections; State levelState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Gathering capHealth care ordersCourts and public officesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-062	Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff (supersedes the March 13, 2020 visitation guidance)Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff at long-term care and pediatric transitional care facilities effective Mar. 16, 2020…	New Jersey Department of Health	New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)State	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Gathering capTravel and quarantineHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. IN-003	Executive Order 20-04Further Orders and Directives in Response to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Epidemic	Governor Eric J. Holcomb	IndianaState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. MD-070	Order of the Governor (Mar. 16, 2020), Relating to Various Health Care MattersRelating to Various Health Care Matters	Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.	MarylandState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. WA-012	Proclamation 20-16Statewide Limits on LTC - No Visitors	Governor Jay Inslee	WashingtonState	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Gathering capHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AL-003	Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties)Order suspending gatherings of 25 or more, closing senior centers, private schools and child care, barring nursing-home visitation and…	State Health Officer Scott Harris	Alabama (Blount, St. Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties)State	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capSchools and child careHealth care ordersAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. DUT-IA-002	Iowa Code § 135.144 (2021), Additional duties of the department related to a public health disasterIowa Code 2021, Section 135.144 - Additional duties of the department related to a public health disaster	Iowa General Assembly	IowaState	Nov. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Standing dutyBusiness closureSchools and child careHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolationStanding duty	Primary source read
Ex. IA-002	Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 17, 2020)Proclamation of a State of Public Health Disaster Emergency closing restaurants, bars, fitness centers, theaters, casinos and senior centers…	Governor Kim Reynolds	IowaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Emergency declarationBusiness closureGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venuesCourts and public officesSupply chain	Primary source read

General Assembly of South Carolina, S.C. Code Ann. Title 44, Chapter 4, Emergency Health Powers Act, §§ 44-4-100 to 44-4-570 (in particular §§ 44-4-130, 44-4-300, 44-4-310, 44-4-500, 44-4-510, 44-4-520, 44-4-530, 44-4-540) (standing) (Ex. DUT-SC-002)
Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Executive Order 2020-04 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NH-001)
Secretary of Health Kathyleen M. Kunkel (at the Governor's direction), Public Health Emergency Order restricting visitation at nursing facilities (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NM-002)
Director, Ohio Department of Health, Director's Orders limiting access to residential care facilities (assisted living): original order of March 13, 2020; outdoor visitation from June 8, 2020; Amended Order to Permit Access to Ohio's Residential Care Facilities, with Exceptions (March 22, 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. OH-062)
Governor Henry McMaster, Executive Order No. 2020-08 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SC-001)
New Jersey Department of Health, Certificate of Need and Licensing, Memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators: Temporary Operational Waivers (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-063)
California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality, Licensing and Certification Program, All Facilities Letter 20-22 (Mar. 13, 2020), as revised through AFL 20-22.9 (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. SEC-04-068)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Executive Order No. 01-20 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. VT-001)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-10 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. WA-006)
Virginia Department of Corrections (Director Harold W. Clarke), VADOC release, 'Virginia DOC Mobilized Against COVID-19, Asks Visitors to Self-Monitor' (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-014)
New Jersey Department of Corrections (Commissioner Marcus O. Hicks), NJDOC release, 'New Jersey Department of Corrections Suspends Visitations to State Prisons and Halfway Houses Statewide' (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-018)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-7 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. MI-003)
Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Executive Order 2020-07 (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-087)
Maine Legislature (22 M.R.S. chapter 250, Control of Notifiable Diseases and Conditions; administered by the Department of Health and Human Services through the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention), 22 M.R.S. secs. 801-825: sec. 801(4-A) (extreme public health emergency) and 801(10) (public health threat); sec. 802 (authority of department; health emergency; emergency rules; Governor's declaration); sec. 803 (inspection); sec. 804 (enforcement by agents, local health officers, sheriffs and law enforcement; cease-and-desist; fines; injunction); sec. 805 (court orders); sec. 807 (control of communicable diseases; designated facilities); sec. 808 (investigations); sec. 810 (emergency temporary custody of person or property); secs. 811-812 (court-ordered public health measures); sec. 816 (compliance-conditioned immunity); sec. 820 (extreme public health emergency powers); secs. 821-822 (reporting); sec. 825 (penalties) (standing) (Ex. DUT-ME-001)
Division of Emergency Management, Director Jared Moskowitz as State Coordinating Officer, DEM Order No. 20-006 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. FL-004)
Governor Steve Bullock, Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (school closure; nursing homes; social distancing; transportation; National Guard) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MT-003)
Jared Moskowitz, Director, Florida Division of Emergency Management, under Executive Order 20-52, DEM Emergency Order No. 20-006 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-040)
Alabama Department of Corrections (Commissioner Jefferson S. Dunn), ADOC Public Announcement, 'COVID-19 -- ADOC Suspends All Visitation and Inmate Passes for 30 Days' (Mar. 16, 2020, with updates of Mar. 19-20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-081)
New Jersey Department of Health, Mandatory Guidelines for Visitors and Facility Staff (supersedes the March 13, 2020 visitation guidance) (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-062)
Governor Eric J. Holcomb, Executive Order 20-04 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. IN-003)
Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor (Mar. 16, 2020), Relating to Various Health Care Matters (Ex. MD-070)
Governor Jay Inslee, Proclamation 20-16 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. WA-012)
State Health Officer Scott Harris, Order of the State Health Officer Suspending Certain Public Gatherings Due to Risk of Infection by COVID-19 (Blount, Saint Clair, Shelby, Tuscaloosa and Walker Counties) (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AL-003)
Iowa General Assembly, Iowa Code § 135.144 (2021), Additional duties of the department related to a public health disaster (standing) (Ex. DUT-IA-002)
Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. IA-002)

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