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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. SEC-01-116	DC Health recommendation (Mar. 17, 2020) that all elective medical procedures, non-urgent hospital and outpatient visits and non-urgent dental procedures be postponed; DC Health guidance for resuming elective surgery (May 26, 2020)DC Health guidance on elective procedures	DC Health (Department of Health)	District of ColumbiaState	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MA-058	Order of the Commissioner of Public Health regarding non-essential elective invasive procedures (hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers)Order postponing non-essential elective invasive procedures	Commissioner of Public Health	MassachusettsState	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-125	NCDHHS Secretary's letter to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (Mar. 20, 2020) requesting suspension of elective and non-urgent procedures effective Mar. 23, 2020NCDHHS request to suspend elective and non-urgent procedures and surgeries	Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen (NCDHHS)	North CarolinaState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. SEC-01-140	Orders of Mar. 19, 2020 closing businesses that are not life-sustaining, with the Industry Operation Guidance list ('Home Health Care Services - Yes - Elective procedures prohibited'; hospitals - Yes - elective procedures prohibited); DOH Guidance on Ambulatory Surgical Facilities' Responses to COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020)Pennsylvania life-sustaining business orders and list (elective procedures prohibited); DOH ASF guidance	Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. OK-018	Executive Memorandum 2020-02Elective Surgery Acuity Scale (ESAS) tiers governing elective surgeries reinstated April 24, 2020	Governor J. Kevin Stitt	OklahomaState	Apr. 16, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-095	IDPH Guidance: Elective Surgery and Procedures (Apr. 24, 2020) (following IDPH's Mar. 19, 2020 direction to postpone)IDPH guidance permitting hospitals and ASTCs to resume elective procedures from May 11, 2020 on stated criteria	Illinois Department of Public Health	IllinoisState	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. IA-005	Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (nonessential medical and dental services; retail closures)Proclamation suspending nonessential or elective surgeries and procedures and elective dental procedures, mandating telehealth payment…	Governor Kim Reynolds	IowaState	Mar. 26, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. UT-003	State Public Health Order UPHO 2020-03 (elective surgeries and procedures)State Public Health Order (postponement of elective surgeries and procedures)	Joseph K. Miner, M.D., Executive Director, Utah Department of Health	UtahState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AK-007	COVID-19 Health Mandate 005 (Mandate 5.1, Elective Procedures)Health Mandate 005 (postponement of all non-urgent or elective procedures for three months)	Governor Dunleavy; Commissioner Crum; Dr. Zink	AlaskaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MN-005	Emergency Executive Order 20-09Directing Delay of Inpatient and Outpatient Elective Surgery and Procedural Cases during COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-006	Executive Order No. 109 (2020)Suspension of all elective surgeries and invasive procedures, medical and dental; PPE inventory reporting; Division of Consumer Affairs…	Governor Philip D. Murphy	New JerseyState	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. PA-025	Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment CapacityOrder of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care…	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. PA-069	Memorandum to Pennsylvania Acute Care Hospital Chief Executive Officers and Chief Medical Officers (expectations for surge; elective procedures)Memorandum of the Secretary of Health for Hospital Leaders	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 17, 2020	2020 Q4	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. IA-030	Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (statewide mask requirement; gathering prohibitions; 10:00 p.m. closing; surgery limits)Proclamation requiring all people two or older to wear a mask indoors in public within six feet of others for 15 minutes or longer…	Governor Kim Reynolds	IowaState	Nov. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Telework mandateCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. VT-007	Addendum 3 to Executive Order 01-20Suspension of all Non-Essential Adult Elective Surgery and Medical and Surgical Procedures (including all dental procedures)	Governor Philip B. Scott	VermontState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. FL-009	Executive Order 20-72Emergency Management - COVID-19 - Non-essential Elective Medical Procedures	Governor Ron DeSantis	FloridaState	Mar. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-034	Executive Directive No. 20-016 (Revised June 16, 2021)Ambulatory Surgery Centers Resuming Elective Surgeries and Invasive Procedures During COVID-19 (revised conditions: layout and flow, PPE…	Judith Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	New Jersey - Department of Health (State health department)State	June 16, 2021	2021 Q22021 Q3	Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. IA-035	Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (mask, distancing, gathering and surgery mandates ended; extension to March 7, 2021)Proclamation ending the statewide mask requirement, the employer remote-work directive, the gathering and establishment mandates and the…	Governor Kim Reynolds	IowaState	Feb. 5, 2021	2021 Q1	Emergency declarationSchools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. NE-022	Directed Health Measure Orders of Nov. 13, 2020 (e.g., 2020-DCHD-014)Directed Health Measures effective Nov. 16, 2020 (elective surgery pause)	Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer	Nebraska (all districts)State	Nov. 13, 2020	2020 Q4	Capacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersQuarantine and isolation	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. NY-019	Executive Order No. 202.25Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency	Governor Andrew M. Cuomo	New YorkState	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. OK-020	Amended Executive Memorandum 2020-02Amended Elective Surgery Acuity Scale: Tier 2 allowable April 24, Tier 1 allowable April 30, 2020; pre-operative COVID-19 test required	Governor J. Kevin Stitt	OklahomaState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-02-022	Emergency Executive Order 20-09Directing Delay of Inpatient and Outpatient Elective Surgery and Procedural Cases during COVID-19 Peacetime Emergency	Governor Tim Walz (approved by the Executive Council)	MinnesotaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-02-049	Executive Order No. 202.25Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency (county-based resumption of elective surgeries…	Governor Andrew M. Cuomo	New YorkState	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q2	Capacity limitHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-02-053	ADH Directive on Elective SurgeriesDirective postponing elective procedures, testing and office visits	Arkansas Department of Health (Secretary of Health Nathaniel Smith, M.D.)	ArkansasState	Mar. 30, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read

DC Health (Department of Health), DC Health recommendation (Mar. 17, 2020) that all elective medical procedures, non-urgent hospital and outpatient visits and non-urgent dental procedures be postponed; DC Health guidance for resuming elective surgery (May 26, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-116)
Commissioner of Public Health, Order of the Commissioner of Public Health regarding non-essential elective invasive procedures (hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MA-058)
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mandy Cohen (NCDHHS), NCDHHS Secretary's letter to hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (Mar. 20, 2020) requesting suspension of elective and non-urgent procedures effective Mar. 23, 2020 (Ex. SEC-01-125)
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health, Orders of Mar. 19, 2020 closing businesses that are not life-sustaining, with the Industry Operation Guidance list ('Home Health Care Services - Yes - Elective procedures prohibited'; hospitals - Yes - elective procedures prohibited); DOH Guidance on Ambulatory Surgical Facilities' Responses to COVID-19 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-140)
Governor J. Kevin Stitt, Executive Memorandum 2020-02 (Apr. 16, 2020) (Ex. OK-018)
Illinois Department of Public Health, IDPH Guidance: Elective Surgery and Procedures (Apr. 24, 2020) (following IDPH's Mar. 19, 2020 direction to postpone) (Ex. SEC-01-095)
Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (nonessential medical and dental services; retail closures) (Mar. 26, 2020) (Ex. IA-005)
Joseph K. Miner, M.D., Executive Director, Utah Department of Health, State Public Health Order UPHO 2020-03 (elective surgeries and procedures) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. UT-003)
Governor Dunleavy; Commissioner Crum; Dr. Zink, COVID-19 Health Mandate 005 (Mandate 5.1, Elective Procedures) (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AK-007)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-09 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. MN-005)
Governor Philip D. Murphy, Executive Order No. 109 (2020) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. NJ-006)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Reduction of Elective Procedures in Regions with Low Acute Care Treatment Capacity (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. PA-025)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Memorandum to Pennsylvania Acute Care Hospital Chief Executive Officers and Chief Medical Officers (expectations for surge; elective procedures) (Nov. 17, 2020) (Ex. PA-069)
Utah Department of Health (Executive Director Joseph Miner), State Public Health Order (Mar. 23, 2020) postponing elective surgeries and procedures (Ex. SEC-01-130)
Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (statewide mask requirement; gathering prohibitions; 10:00 p.m. closing; surgery limits) (Nov. 16, 2020) (Ex. IA-030)
Governor Philip B. Scott, Addendum 3 to Executive Order 01-20 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. VT-007)
Governor Ron DeSantis, Executive Order 20-72 (Mar. 20, 2020) (Ex. FL-009)
Judith Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-016 (Revised June 16, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-034)
Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (mask, distancing, gathering and surgery mandates ended; extension to March 7, 2021) (Feb. 5, 2021) (Ex. IA-035)
Nebraska DHHS, Chief Medical Officer, Directed Health Measure Orders of Nov. 13, 2020 (e.g., 2020-DCHD-014) (Ex. NE-022)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Executive Order No. 202.25 (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. NY-019)
Governor J. Kevin Stitt, Amended Executive Memorandum 2020-02 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. OK-020)
Governor Tim Walz (approved by the Executive Council), Emergency Executive Order 20-09 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-022)
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Executive Order No. 202.25 (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-049)
Arkansas Department of Health (Secretary of Health Nathaniel Smith, M.D.), ADH Directive on Elective Surgeries (Mar. 30, 2020) (Ex. SEC-02-053)

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