{"id":"KS-037","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Kansas","state":"KS","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Laura Kelly","authority":"K.S.A. 48-924, 48-925(b), (c)(1), (c)(11)","instrument":"Kansas EO 20-69 (Dec. 9, 2020) and KDHE Secretary\u0027s Order (June 18, 2021)","title":"Requiring COVID-19 testing in certain adult care homes","dateIssued":"2020-12-09","effective":"2020-12-14","end":"Extended by EO 21-02; revoked Mar. 31, 2021 (SB 40); reissued as EO 21-15 (Apr. 1, 2021); void June 15, 2021; continued by the KDHE Secretary\u0027s order of June 18, 2021","startDate":"2020-12-14","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","VAX","EMP"],"addressees":["state-licensed adult care homes (nursing facilities, assisted living, residential health care, home plus, boarding care, adult day care) not governed by CMS testing rules","facility staff including contractors, volunteers and students"],"clause":"Requires testing of adult care home staff and residents at minimum intervals based on county positivity rates (low, under 5 percent: once a month; medium, 5-10 percent: once a week; high, over 10 percent: twice a week), with outbreak testing every 3-7 days, screening of all staff each shift, residents daily and all persons entering the facility, restriction of symptomatic staff pending results, and CLIA-waiver or laboratory arrangements. \u0027It shall become effective on Monday, December 14, 2020, and remain in force until rescinded or until the statewide State of Disaster Emergency... expires, whichever is earlier.\u0027","enforcement":"KDADS licensing; K.S.A. 48-939.","functions":["IC infection control and staff testing","HR staffing","RS residential care","VS visitation and entry screening","vendors and contractors entering facilities"],"notes":"Home care and senior living; also reaches staffing agencies, therapists and vendors who enter facilities.","sourceUrl":"https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/EO-20-69-Adult-Care-Homes-Covid-Testing_Executed.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20201210221349/https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/EO-20-69-Adult-Care-Homes-Covid-Testing_Executed.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1280673,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"KS","url":"/library/KS-037","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/KS-037","citation":"Governor Laura Kelly, Kansas EO 20-69 (Dec. 9, 2020) and KDHE Secretary\u0027s Order (June 18, 2021) (Ex. KS-037)","stateName":"Kansas","related":["KS-049","KS-036","KS-038"]}