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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
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. MS-056	State Health Officer order postponing elective surgeries requiring overnight hospitalizationOrder postponing elective surgeries requiring overnight hospitalization, December 15, 2020	State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs (MSDH)	MississippiSector regulator	Dec. 15, 2020	2020 Q4	Health care orders	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. DUT-WY-032	WDH Guidance on Resuming Elective and Non-emergency Procedures (cross-reference to Ex. WY-011)COVID-19: Guidance from the Wyoming Department of Health on Resuming Elective and Non-emergency Procedures	Wyoming Department of Health	WyomingSector regulator	Apr. 24, 2020	2020 Q2	Standing dutyHealth care ordersOther	Primary source read
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. MD-040	MDH Directive and Order Regarding Various Healthcare Matters (Mar. 23, 2020): elective and non-urgent procedures cease 5:00 p.m. Mar. 24, 2020Directive and Order Regarding Various Healthcare Matters	Robert R. Neall, Secretary of Health, Maryland Department of Health	MarylandSector regulator	Mar. 23, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	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
Ex. OR-005	Executive Order 20-10Conserving Personal Protective Equipment: Cancelling Elective and Non-urgent Procedures; Limiting Visitation	Governor Kate Brown	OregonState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care ordersSupply chain	Primary source read
Ex. WV-014	Executive Order 16-20Prohibition of all elective medical procedures in hospitals, offices and clinics	Governor Jim Justice	West VirginiaState	Mar. 31, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. NJ-085	Executive Directive No. 20-018 (Revised) (original June 24, 2020; amended October 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021; the retrieved text is the 2023 revision)COVID-19 protocols for hospitals resuming elective surgery and invasive diagnostic procedures	Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	New JerseySector regulator	June 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesQuarantine and isolation	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-066	VA announcement of Mar. 27, 2020 releasing the VHA COVID-19 Response Plan: elective and non-emergent procedures postponed; outpatient care shifted to telehealthVA Releases COVID-19 Response Plan	Department of Veterans Affairs	United States (federal); Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health AdministrationFederal	Mar. 27, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Telework mandateHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. AZ-004	Executive Order 2020-10Delaying Elective Surgeries to Conserve Personal Protective Equipment Necessary to Test and Treat Patients with COVID-19	Governor Douglas A. Ducey	ArizonaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read
Ex. IA-033	Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (gatherings; establishments; surgeries)Proclamation permitting gatherings of more than ten with six feet of distance and masks (business and workplace gatherings excepted)…	Governor Kim Reynolds	IowaState	Dec. 16, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Gathering capFace-covering requirementHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. MET-NYC-003	Emergency Executive Order No. 100Closure of restaurants, bars and cafes to on-premises service; closure of entertainment venues and commercial gyms; cessation of elective…	Mayor Bill de Blasio	New York CityCity	Mar. 16, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesCourts and public offices	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-01-066	Emergency Executive Order 20-09Directing Delay of Inpatient and Outpatient Elective Surgery and Procedural Cases	Governor Tim Walz	MinnesotaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Health care orders	Primary source read

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)
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs (MSDH), State Health Officer order postponing elective surgeries requiring overnight hospitalization (Dec. 15, 2020) (Ex. MS-056)
Utah Department of Health (Executive Director Joseph Miner), State Public Health Order (Mar. 23, 2020) postponing elective surgeries and procedures (Ex. SEC-01-130)
Wyoming Department of Health, WDH Guidance on Resuming Elective and Non-emergency Procedures (cross-reference to Ex. WY-011) (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. DUT-WY-032)
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)
Robert R. Neall, Secretary of Health, Maryland Department of Health, MDH Directive and Order Regarding Various Healthcare Matters (Mar. 23, 2020): elective and non-urgent procedures cease 5:00 p.m. Mar. 24, 2020 (Ex. MD-040)
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)
Governor Kate Brown, Executive Order 20-10 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. OR-005)
Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 16-20 (Mar. 31, 2020) (Ex. WV-014)
Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Executive Directive No. 20-018 (Revised) (original June 24, 2020; amended October 20, 2020 and June 16, 2021; the retrieved text is the 2023 revision) (Ex. NJ-085)
Department of Veterans Affairs, VA announcement of Mar. 27, 2020 releasing the VHA COVID-19 Response Plan: elective and non-emergent procedures postponed; outpatient care shifted to telehealth (Ex. AGY-FED-HEALTH-OTHER-066)
Governor Douglas A. Ducey, Executive Order 2020-10 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. AZ-004)
Governor Kim Reynolds, Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (gatherings; establishments; surgeries) (Dec. 16, 2020) (Ex. IA-033)
Mayor Bill de Blasio, Emergency Executive Order No. 100 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. MET-NYC-003)
Governor Tim Walz, Emergency Executive Order 20-09 (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-066)

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