{"id":"AZ-002","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Arizona","state":"AZ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Douglas A. Ducey","authority":"Ariz. Const.; A.R.S. 26-303; 36-787","instrument":"Executive Order 2020-07","title":"Proactive Measures to Protect Against COVID-19","dateIssued":"2020-03-11","effective":"2020-03-11","end":"Expires with the Declaration of Public Health Emergency; para. 4 (telemedicine cost-sharing) rescinded May 5, 2021 by EO 2021-13","startDate":"2020-03-11","endDate":"2021-05-05","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["ADHS","skilled nursing, intermediate care and assisted living facilities","State-regulated insurers","health regulatory boards"],"clause":"The Department of Health Services shall issue emergency rules for skilled nursing facilities, intermediate care facilities and assisted living facilities to implement visitor policies designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 including: a. Instituting policies to require screening and triage before entry by staff, visitors, vendors, and contractors; b. Establishing disinfectant schedules for frequently touched surfaces; and c. Establishing policies of distancing patients who exhibit symptoms of COVID-19 from other patients in common areas.","enforcement":"ADHS emergency rules; health regulatory boards directed to act against price gouging; Attorney General consumer-fraud enforcement","functions":["VS visitation and access","IC infection control","CB patients and payers","IN insurance coverage of testing and telemedicine"],"notes":"Paras. 2-4 required State-regulated insurers to cover COVID-19 testing without network limits or cost sharing and telemedicine at lower cost sharing than in-office visits.","sourceUrl":"https://azgovernor.gov/sites/default/files/eo_2020-07_sw.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1726128,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AZ","url":"/library/AZ-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AZ-002","citation":"Governor Douglas A. Ducey, Executive Order 2020-07 (Mar. 11, 2020) (Ex. AZ-002)","stateName":"Arizona","related":["AZ-001","AZ-003","AZ-004","AZ-005","AZ-091","AZ-006","AZ-007","AZ-008","AZ-009","AZ-010","AZ-011","AZ-013"]}