{"id":"CT-051","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Connecticut","state":"CT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Acting Governor Susan Bysiewicz","authority":"Conn. Gen. Stat. sections 19a-131a and 28-9; Special Act 21-5; section 19a-491c modified","instrument":"Executive Order No. 13B","title":"Protection of Public Health and Safety During COVID-19 Pandemic and Response - Long-Term Care Facility Employee COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement","dateIssued":"2021-08-06","effective":"2021-08-06 (compliance by Sept. 7, 2021)","end":"Repealed and superseded Sept. 3, 2021 by EO 13F (deadline moved to Sept. 27, 2021)","startDate":"2021-08-06","endDate":"2021-09-03","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","HC","EMP"],"addressees":["nursing homes, residential care homes, assisted living services agencies, ICF/IIDs, managed residential communities, chronic disease hospitals","their employees, contractors and volunteers with direct access"],"clause":"by September 7, 2021, long-term care facilities shall: a. prior to extending an offer of employment to, or entering into a contract with an individual or an entity that provides individuals under the contract who will have direct access... require that any such individual is (i) fully vaccinated against COVID-19, (ii) has received the first dose... or (iii) exempt... b. not employ, or maintain a contract for, the provision of services where any individual will have direct access... unless such individual (i) is vaccinated... The failure of a long-term care facility to comply with this order shall be subject to a civil penalty of twenty-thousand dollars per day.","enforcement":"20,000-dollar civil penalty per day (s.4); DPH process under Conn. Gen. Stat. section 19a-525; imminent-danger authority under section 19a-534","functions":["HR hiring and credentialing","IC staff vaccination","PL staffing agency placements at LTC clients","RS residential care"],"notes":"Reaches staffing agencies and contractors whose personnel have direct access to residents.","sourceUrl":"https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/office-of-the-governor/executive-orders/lamont-executive-orders/executive-order-no-13b.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":225588,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"CT","url":"/library/CT-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/CT-051","citation":"Acting Governor Susan Bysiewicz, Executive Order No. 13B (Aug. 6, 2021) (Ex. CT-051)","stateName":"Connecticut","related":[]}