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Exhibit	Instrument	Issuer	Jurisdiction	Issued	Quarters	Limitations	Grade
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-011	Order of the Secretary of Health Requiring All Persons Submitting, Performing or Reporting COVID-19 Antigen Tests to Report ResultsOrder Requiring Reporting of Antigen Test Results (health care providers, practitioners, employers and other entities administering…	Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Oct. 13, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-028	Bill No. 200328: Employee Protections in Connection with COVID-19 Emergency Health Order (Philadelphia Code Chapter 9-5000)An Ordinance amending The Philadelphia Code to add a new Chapter, entitled 'Employee Protections in Connection with COVID-19 Emergency…	Council of the City of Philadelphia (Bill No. 200328, as amended June 12, 2020; signed by the Mayor)	City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (City Council)City	July 13, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Workplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-045	Release: Pennsylvania Department of Health to Resume COVID-19 Related Services to Delaware CountyPennsylvania Department of Health to Resume COVID-19 Related Services to Delaware County (Aug. 1, 2021)	Delaware County (release re-posted by Upper Chichester Township, Aug. 2, 2021)	Delaware County, Pennsylvania (with the Chester County Health Department and the Pennsylvania Department of Health)County	Aug. 2, 2021	2021 Q3	Quarantine and isolationOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-009	Order of the Secretary of Health Requiring Reporting of Data Related to Each Administration of an Immunization for COVID-19Order Requiring Reporting of Data Related to Each Administration of an Immunization for COVID-19 (every COVID-19 immunization provider to…	Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Dec. 14, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-010	Termination of the Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Complete the COVID-19 Vaccine Needs Assessment SurveyTermination of the SNF COVID-19 Vaccine Needs Assessment Survey order of Mar. 16, 2021	Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	June 23, 2021		Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-015	Order 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 Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Aug. 31, 2021	2021 Q3	Schools and child careHealth care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-017	Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Complete the COVID-19 Vaccine Needs Assessment SurveyOrder Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Complete the COVID-19 Vaccine Needs Assessment Survey	Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Mar. 16, 2021	2021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersVaccination or testingOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-018	Amended Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Ambulatory Surgical Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and EquipmentAmended Order Requiring Ambulatory Surgical Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (facilities…	Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Apr. 1, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-069	Amended Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and EquipmentAmended Order Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (daily…	Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Dec. 24, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-070	Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and EquipmentOrder Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (EEI survey in KC-HIMS three times a day)	Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health	Pennsylvania - Department of Health (State health department)State	Mar. 24, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. PA-055	Order of the Governor to Enhance Protections for Health Care ProfessionalsOrder of the Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Enhance Protections for Health Care Professionals	Governor Tom Wolf	PennsylvaniaState	May 6, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Health care ordersWorkplace rulesOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PIT-012	News release: Health Department Lifts County Order; State Limitations in Effect Countywide (Spanish-language version: El Departamento de Salud levanta la ordenanza del condado)Health Department Lifts County Order, State Limitations in Effect Countywide	Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director (release through the County Communications office)	Allegheny County, PennsylvaniaCounty	Sept. 24, 2020	2020 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. PA-016	Order of the Secretary of Health Directing Mitigation Measures (Targeted Mitigation Order) (July 15, 2020), sec. 4 (Teleworking) and sec. 2 (restaurant guidance incorporated)Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Mitigation Measures	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	July 15, 2020	2020 Q32020 Q4	Business closureTelework mandateCapacity limitGathering capAlcohol and barsEvents and venuesWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. PA-028	Order 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 Mitigation	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	Dec. 10, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Business closureCapacity limitGathering capSchools and child careCurfew and hoursAlcohol and barsEvents and venues	Primary source read
Ex. PA-003	Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life SustainingOrder of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D.	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q3	Business closureTelework mandateAlcohol and bars	Primary source read
Ex. PA-024	Limited-Time Stay at Home Advisory of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of HealthLimited-Time Stay at Home Advisory of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health	Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D. (with the Governor's companion advisory)	PennsylvaniaState	Nov. 23, 2020	2020 Q42021 Q1	Other	Primary source read
Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065	Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positionsChild Care Centers - providers approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency	Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL	Pennsylvania; Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning (child-care licensing)Sector regulator	Mar. 17, 2020	2020 Q2	Context (guidance or announcement)Business closureSchools and child careOther	Primary source read
Ex. PA-045	Corman v. Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, No. 83 MAP 2021 (Pa. Dec. 23, 2021) (opinion following the per curiam affirmance of Dec. 10, 2021)Corman v. Beam, Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health - Opinion	Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Middle District), J-86-2021	PennsylvaniaCourt	Dec. 23, 2021	2021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
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. SEC-03-058	REVISED Guidance on COVID-19 for Dental Health Care Personnel in Pennsylvania (Mar. 22, 2020; archived Apr. 1, 2020)DOH directs facilities to cease all dental treatment except urgent and emergency procedures	Pennsylvania Department of Health (Secretary Rachel Levine, M.D.), under the Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 22, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureHealth care orders	Primary source read
Ex. SEC-11-021	Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020)COVID-19 Life Sustaining Business list (Mar. 19, 2020 version)	Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020)	PennsylvaniaState	Mar. 19, 2020	2020 Q2	Stay-at-homeBusiness closure	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-070	Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 Pertaining to Fines and PenaltiesEmergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 Pertaining to Fines and Penalties	Philadelphia Board of Health (adopted Apr. 29, 2020; Law Department Apr. 30, 2020)	City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Board of Health)City	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Other	Primary source read
Ex. PA-053	Guidance for Vehicle Transactions During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency to Ensure the Safety and Health of Employees and the PublicGuidance for Vehicle Transactions During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency	Governor's Office and Department of State (guidance implementing the Apr. 20, 2020 amendment to the closure orders)	PennsylvaniaState	Apr. 20, 2020	2020 Q2	Business closureWorkplace rules	Primary source read
Ex. PA-091	Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus EmergencyTelemedicine Summary (Mar. 18, 2020)	Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (suspension granted by Governor Wolf under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f))	PennsylvaniaSector regulator	Mar. 18, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3	Health care ordersOther	Primary source read
Ex. MET-PHL-023	Construction Authorization (Apr. 29, 2020 Construction Order)Authorization for the Conduct of Certain Construction Activity Currently Prohibited by the March 22, 2020 Emergency Order Temporarily…	Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted as a Board of Health regulation Apr. 29, 2020 (effective Apr. 30, 2020)	City of Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaCity	Apr. 29, 2020	2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2	Business closureCapacity limitWorkplace rules	Primary source read

Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of Health Requiring All Persons Submitting, Performing or Reporting COVID-19 Antigen Tests to Report Results (Oct. 13, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-011)
Council of the City of Philadelphia (Bill No. 200328, as amended June 12, 2020; signed by the Mayor), Bill No. 200328: Employee Protections in Connection with COVID-19 Emergency Health Order (Philadelphia Code Chapter 9-5000) (July 13, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-028)
Delaware County (release re-posted by Upper Chichester Township, Aug. 2, 2021), Release: Pennsylvania Department of Health to Resume COVID-19 Related Services to Delaware County (Aug. 2, 2021) (Ex. MET-PHL-045)
Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of Health Requiring Reporting of Data Related to Each Administration of an Immunization for COVID-19 (Dec. 14, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-009)
Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health, Termination of the Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Complete the COVID-19 Vaccine Needs Assessment Survey (June 23, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-010)
Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Authorizing COVID-19 Diagnostic Rapid Antigen Testing in K-12 Schools (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-015)
Alison V. Beam, Acting Secretary of Health, Order of the Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Complete the COVID-19 Vaccine Needs Assessment Survey (Mar. 16, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-017)
Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Amended Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Ambulatory Surgical Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-018)
Rachel L. Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Amended Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Skilled Nursing Care Facilities to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Dec. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-069)
Rachel Levine, MD, Secretary of Health, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Requiring Hospitals to Make Daily Reports of Specified Data Regarding Supplies and Equipment (Mar. 24, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-HEALTH-SUBORDERS-070)
Governor Tom Wolf, Order of the Governor to Enhance Protections for Health Care Professionals (May 6, 2020) (Ex. PA-055)
Allegheny County Health Department, Debra L. Bogen, MD, Director (release through the County Communications office), News release: Health Department Lifts County Order; State Limitations in Effect Countywide (Spanish-language version: El Departamento de Salud levanta la ordenanza del condado) (Sept. 24, 2020) (Ex. MET-PIT-012)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Order of the Secretary of Health Directing Mitigation Measures (Targeted Mitigation Order) (July 15, 2020), sec. 4 (Teleworking) and sec. 2 (restaurant guidance incorporated) (Ex. PA-016)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Limited-Time Targeted Mitigation (Dec. 10, 2020) (Ex. PA-028)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D, Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. PA-003)
Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, M.D. (with the Governor's companion advisory), Limited-Time Stay at Home Advisory of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health (Nov. 23, 2020) (Ex. PA-024)
Pennsylvania DHS / OCDEL, Coronavirus - Child Care page (archived Apr. 2, 2020): list of child care providers 'approved to operate during the COVID-19 public health emergency' for personnel in life-sustaining positions (Mar. 17, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-065)
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Middle District), J-86-2021, Corman v. Acting Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, No. 83 MAP 2021 (Pa. Dec. 23, 2021) (opinion following the per curiam affirmance of Dec. 10, 2021) (Ex. PA-045)
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)
Pennsylvania Department of Health (Secretary Rachel Levine, M.D.), under the Governor's Proclamation of Disaster Emergency, REVISED Guidance on COVID-19 for Dental Health Care Personnel in Pennsylvania (Mar. 22, 2020; archived Apr. 1, 2020) (Ex. SEC-03-058)
Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine (list implementing the Orders of Mar. 19, 2020), Industry Operation Guidance: list of life-sustaining businesses that may continue physical operations (accompanying the Order of the Governor and Order of the Secretary of Health Regarding the Closure of All Businesses That Are Not Life Sustaining, Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. SEC-11-021)
Philadelphia Board of Health (adopted Apr. 29, 2020; Law Department Apr. 30, 2020), Emergency Regulation Governing the Control and Prevention of COVID-19 Pertaining to Fines and Penalties (Apr. 29, 2020) (Ex. MET-PHL-070)
Governor's Office and Department of State (guidance implementing the Apr. 20, 2020 amendment to the closure orders), Guidance for Vehicle Transactions During the COVID-19 Disaster Emergency to Ensure the Safety and Health of Employees and the Public (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. PA-053)
Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (suspension granted by Governor Wolf under 35 Pa.C.S. § 7301(f)), Department of State summary: Pennsylvania Authorizes Licensed Health Care Professionals to Provide Services via Telemedicine During Coronavirus Emergency (Mar. 18, 2020) (Ex. PA-091)
Mayor James F. Kenney and Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley, MD, MPH; adopted as a Board of Health regulation Apr. 29, 2020 (effective Apr. 30, 2020), Construction Authorization (Apr. 29, 2020 Construction Order) (Ex. MET-PHL-023)