{"id":"AK-088","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Alaska","state":"AK","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Adam Crum, Commissioner, DHSS (to the Governor)","authority":"AS 26.23.020; ch. 2, SLA 2021","instrument":"COVID-19 Disaster De-Certification Memorandum","title":"DHSS certification that the criteria for a Disaster Declaration no longer exist (April 30, 2021)","dateIssued":"2021-04-30","effective":"2021-04-30","end":"","startDate":"2021-04-30","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["EMER"],"addressees":["Governor"],"clause":"Based upon my prior certification, you issued a Disaster Declaration on March 11, 2020... My most recent certification memo was issued in January 2021, and that certification resulted in the issuance of a Disaster Declaration on January 14, 2021; which expired on February 14, 2021.... This bill (Chapter No. 2, SLA 2021) retroactively extended the Disaster Declaration with a more limited set of authorities and was signed by you on April 30, 2021.... Engaged in aggressive mitigation efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 including but not limited to, non-pharmaceutical mitigation strategies that include social distancing, proper hygiene, access to widespread testing, quarantine and isolation protocols, and interstate/intrastate travel protocols... I certify that the criteria level for a Disaster Declaration no longer exists... The limited authorities granted to me under Chapter No. 2, SLA 2021, allow the state to continue to effectively respond to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency.","enforcement":"","functions":["predicate for the Apr. 30, 2021 proclamation and the May 1, 2021 Public Health Emergency"],"notes":"The State\u0027s own account of the chain of declarations and of the mitigation regime it had imposed.","sourceUrl":"https://gov.alaska.gov/wp-content/uploads/04.30.2021-Decertification-Memo.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":194554,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AK","url":"/library/AK-088","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AK-088","citation":"Adam Crum, Commissioner, DHSS (to the Governor), COVID-19 Disaster De-Certification Memorandum (Apr. 30, 2021) (Ex. AK-088)","stateName":"Alaska","related":["AK-028"]}