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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. MT-085	County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021)Lewis and Clark County COVID-19 emergency declaration and public health rules	Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer	Lewis and Clark County (Helena), MontanaCounty	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationGathering capFace-covering requirement	Confirmed from a secondary source
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. NJ-083	Department of Health memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators, Temporary Operational Waivers during a State of EmergencyHome health agencies and hospices may serve outside licensed geography without prior approval during the State of Emergency, subject to…	Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health	New JerseySector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	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. SC-039	Restriction of visitation to nursing homes and assisted living facilities (directive to DHEC)Nursing-home and assisted-living visitation restriction	South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), acting under the Governor's directive	South CarolinaSector regulator	Mar. 13, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care orders	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-04-063	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-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015	Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020)Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19…	OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees	United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (federal agency)Federal	Mar. 14, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesSupply chain	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. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015	Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission datesCOVID-19 Response Efforts: Rescinded COVID-19 Waivers and Guidance; COVID-19 Immunization Waivers; COVID-19 Waivers and Resolutions for…	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy	State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy; State levelSector regulator	Oct. 6, 2025		Health care ordersSupply chainOther	Confirmed from a secondary source
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-050	Texas Medical Board 'Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Response' page as captured July 3, 2020 (announcements; emergency rules 22 TAC §§ 174.5, 187.2, 187.6, 187.16, 190.8(2)(U); disaster licensing; renewal extensions)TMB COVID-19 Response page: chronology of the Board's emergency rules and waivers, Mar. 14 - July 1, 2020	Texas Medical Board	Texas Medical Board; State levelSector regulator	July 3, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	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. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-002	Insurance Circular Letter No. 6 (2020)Coronavirus and Telehealth Services	Superintendent of Financial Services	New York; Department of Financial ServicesSector regulator	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Context (guidance or announcement)Health care ordersOther	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. MET-BOS-001	Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of BostonDeclaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston	Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves	City of Boston (Suffolk County), MassachusettsCity	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Emergency declarationHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. MET-SLC-003	Public Health Order 2020-01Public Health Order 2020-01 (restaurants, bars and taverns; resorts; theatres and venues; lodging; transportation; public gathering places…	Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, PhD (Board of Health caption)	Summit County, UtahCounty	Mar. 15, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureGathering capHealth care ordersEvents and venuesWorkplace rulesOther	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

Lewis and Clark County Commissioners; Lewis and Clark City-County Board of Health and Health Officer, County COVID-19 emergency declaration of March 13, 2020 (rescinded July 2021) and county public health rules (masks; gathering limits) tightened January 2021 and no longer enforced after HB 257 (May 2021) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. MT-085)
Governor Christopher T. Sununu, Executive Order 2020-04 (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NH-001)
Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Department of Health memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators, Temporary Operational Waivers during a State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NJ-083)
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)
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC), acting under the Governor's directive, Restriction of visitation to nursing homes and assisted living facilities (directive to DHEC) (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. SC-039)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Quality, Safety & Oversight Group, QSO-20-14-NH (REVISED) (Mar. 9, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-001)
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)
OSHA, Directorate of Enforcement Programs (Patrick J. Kapust, Acting Director), to Regional Administrators and State Plan Designees, Memorandum, Temporary Enforcement Guidance - Healthcare Respiratory Protection Annual Fit-Testing for N95 Filtering Facepieces During the COVID-19 Outbreak (Mar. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-FED-LABOR-IMMIGRATION-015)
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)
State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Board of Pharmacy compilation, 'COVID-19 Response Efforts' (updated Oct. 6, 2025): rescinded and continuing COVID-19 waivers, resolutions and emergency rules with issue and rescission dates (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-015)
Texas Medical Board, Texas Medical Board 'Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Response' page as captured July 3, 2020 (announcements; emergency rules 22 TAC §§ 174.5, 187.2, 187.6, 187.16, 190.8(2)(U); disaster licensing; renewal extensions) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-BOARDS-050)
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)
Superintendent of Financial Services, Insurance Circular Letter No. 6 (2020) (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-002)
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)
Boston Public Health Commission, acting through Interim Executive Director Rita Nieves, Declaration of a Public Health Emergency Relative to COVID-19 in the City of Boston (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-BOS-001)
Summit County Health Officer Richard C. Bullough, PhD (Board of Health caption), Public Health Order 2020-01 (Mar. 15, 2020) (Ex. MET-SLC-003)
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)

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