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Ex. PA-119Statewide closure of all K-12 schools announced Mar. 13, 2020 (effective Mar. 16 for ten business days), extended Mar. 23 and Mar. 30, 2020, and made permanent for the 2019-2020 school year Apr. 9, 2020Statewide K-12 school closure (Mar. 13 - end of the 2019-2020 school year)Governor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateMar. 13, 20202020 Q2Schools and child careConfirmed from a secondary source
Ex. PA-081Press release: Gov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in Effect, Stresses Need for Every Pennsylvanian to Take Action to Stop the SpreadGov. Wolf Puts Statewide COVID-19 Mitigation Efforts in EffectGovernor Tom Wolf (Office of the Governor press release)PennsylvaniaStateMar. 16, 20202020 Q2Business closureTravel and quarantineSchools and child careAlcohol and barsPrimary source read
Ex. SEC-09-007Industry Operation Guidance: Life-Sustaining Businesses list accompanying the Mar. 19, 2020 Orders closing all businesses that are not life sustainingLife-Sustaining Business list (version captured Mar. 20, 2020)Governor Tom Wolf; Secretary of Health Rachel LevinePennsylvaniaStateMar. 19, 20202020 Q2Business closureSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. PA-005Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Monroe, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties)Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Individuals to Stay at HomeGovernor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateMar. 23, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. PA-074Act 13 of 2020 - Public School Code amendments: pandemic of 2020 (school closures, 180-day waiver, continuity of education, employee pay)Public School Code of 1949 - Rating System, Persons to be Suspended, Revised Rating System and Pandemic of 2020General Assembly; approved by Governor Wolf Mar. 27, 2020PennsylvaniaStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. SEC-21-012Act 13 of 2020 (Act of Mar. 27, 2020, P.L. 62, No. 13)Public School Code of 1949 - Rating System, Persons To Be Suspended, Revised Rating System and Pandemic of 2020 (section 1501.8: closure of…Pennsylvania General Assembly (Senate Bill 751); approved by Governor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateMar. 27, 20202020 Q22020 Q3Schools and child careOtherPrimary source read
Ex. PA-006Order of the Governor for Individuals to Stay at Home (statewide)Order of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for Individuals to Stay at HomeGovernor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateApr. 1, 20202020 Q2Stay-at-homeGathering capTravel and quarantineSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. PA-052Order of the Governor to Ensure the Efficient Allocation and Effective Use of Critical Medical ResourcesOrder of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Ensure the Efficient Allocation and Effective Use of Critical Medical ResourcesGovernor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateApr. 8, 20202020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Health care ordersSupply chainPrimary source read
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. PA-020Updated Order of the Secretary of Health Requiring Universal Face Coverings (Nov. 17, 2020), sec. 4(A) (Business and School Entity Obligations)Updated Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Universal Face CoveringsSecretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.PennsylvaniaStateNov. 17, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Face-covering requirementSchools and child careWorkplace rulesPrimary source read
Ex. PA-071Order of the Secretary Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community Transmission to Attest to Health and Safety ProtocolsOrder of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community…Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.PennsylvaniaStateNov. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. PA-073Order of the Governor Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community Transmission to Attest to Health and Safety ProtocolsOrder of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community…Governor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateNov. 23, 20202020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. PA-028Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Limited-Time Targeted MitigationOrder of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Limited-Time Targeted MitigationSecretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.PennsylvaniaStateDec. 10, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. PA-079Order of the Governor Directing Limited-Time Targeted MitigationOrder of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Directing Limited-Time Targeted MitigationGovernor Tom WolfPennsylvaniaStateDec. 10, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-016Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Health Systems, Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers and Pharmacies to Vaccinate Certain Health Care PersonnelOrder Requiring Health Systems, Hospitals, FQHCs and Pharmacies to Vaccinate Certain Health Care Personnel (10 percent of each shipment…Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of HealthPennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)StateDec. 30, 20202020 Q42021 Q1Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-003Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 VaccinesOrder Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines (80 percent of first doses within seven days; registration and…Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of HealthPennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)StateFeb. 12, 20212021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. PA-037Order Amending the November 23, 2020 Order Directing Public School Entities in Counties with Substantial Community Transmission to Attest to Health and Safety Protocols (expiry May 31, 2021)Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Amending the November 23, 2020 Order of the Secretary of the…Acting Secretary of Health Alison V. BeamPennsylvaniaStateMay 13, 20212021 Q2Schools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-068Updated Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 VaccinesUpdated Order Directing Vaccine Providers' Administration of COVID-19 Vaccines (second-dose scheduling, public registration information…Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of HealthPennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)StateJuly 26, 20212021 Q3Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingSupply chainPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-007Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Vaccine Providers Support of COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics at Institutions of Higher Education and School EntitiesOrder Directing Vaccine Providers Support of COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics at Institutions of Higher Education and School Entities…Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of HealthPennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)StateAug. 13, 20212021 Q3Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingPrimary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-015Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Authorizing COVID-19 Diagnostic Rapid Antigen Testing in K-12 SchoolsOrder Authorizing COVID-19 Diagnostic Rapid Antigen Testing in K-12 Schools (Statement of Assurances; authorized vendor portal reporting…Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of HealthPennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)StateAug. 31, 20212021 Q3Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOtherPrimary source read
Ex. ECO-B-087Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School EntitiesOrder Directing Face Coverings in School Entities (public and private schools, career and technical schools, charter and cyber schools…Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam, Pennsylvania Department of HealthPennsylvaniaStateAug. 31, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read
Ex. PA-042Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School EntitiesOrder of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Face Coverings in School EntitiesActing Secretary of Health Alison V. BeamPennsylvaniaStateAug. 31, 20212021 Q3Face-covering requirementSchools and child carePrimary source read