{"id":"DUT-MA-028","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Charles D. Baker","authority":"G.L. c. 17, s. 2A","instrument":"Governor\u0027s Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-049; cross-reference, not re-saved)","title":"Declaration that an emergency exists that is detrimental to the public health in the Commonwealth (the \u0027modified public health emergency\u0027)","dateIssued":"2021-05-28","effective":"2021-05-28","end":"In effect throughout 2021 Q3 (PHE Orders No. 2021-1 through 2021-8 issued under it June 14 to Sept. 20, 2021)","startDate":"2021-05-28","endDate":"2021-09-20","quarters":["2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","HC","MASK","VAX"],"addressees":["persons generally; health care and congregate facilities; specified businesses reached by the Commissioner\u0027s orders"],"clause":"I hereby declare, pursuant to Section 2A of Chapter 17 of the General Laws, that as of the date indicated below, an emergency exists that is detrimental to the public health in the Commonwealth. The Commissioner, with the approval of the Public Health Council, may rely on this declaration... to mandate special measures to protect higher risk populations","enforcement":"Through the orders issued under it (G.L. c. 111 penalties; facility licensure)","functions":[],"notes":"The statutory predicate (DUT-MA-001) for every DPH order of the third quarter of 2021: the setting-specific face-covering order (DUT-MA-029), the reissued long-term care, testing and EMS orders (DUT-MA-030), and the nursing-home vaccination order of Aug. 4, 2021 (Ex. MA-067). Character as recorded: executive_declaration (Governor\u0027s G.L. c. 17, s. 2A declaration activating the Commissioner\u0027s powers; statutory_duty layer).","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/governors-declaration-pursuant-to-general-laws-chapter-17-section-2a/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":908098,"grade":"primary","character":"executive_declaration","description":"","collection":"DUT-MA","url":"/library/DUT-MA-028","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-MA-028","citation":"Governor Charles D. Baker, Governor\u0027s Declaration Pursuant to General Laws Chapter 17, Section 2A (May 28, 2021) (library exhibit MA-049; cross-reference, not re-saved) (Ex. DUT-MA-028)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["DUT-MA-001","DUT-MA-029","DUT-MA-030","MA-067","DUT-MA-027"]}