{"id":"KS-046","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); SB 40 sec. 5","instrument":"Executive Order 21-15","title":"Requiring COVID-19 testing in certain adult care homes (reissue of EO 20-69)","dateIssued":"2021-04-01","effective":"2021-04-01","end":"Void June 15, 2021 (left in effect by EO 21-23; lapsed with the emergency); continued by the KDHE Secretary\u0027s order of June 18, 2021","startDate":"2021-04-01","endDate":"2021-06-15","quarters":["2021Q2"],"types":["HC","VAX","EMP"],"addressees":["state-licensed adult care homes","facility staff"],"clause":"WHEREAS, a requirement to test staff and residents living and working in state-licensed adult care homes for COVID-19 is an important and necessary addition to other infection prevention and control (IPC) recommendations... [staff testing intervals by county positivity rate: once a month (low), once a week (medium), twice a week (high); outbreak testing every 3 to 7 days; staff with symptoms must be tested and restricted from the facility]","enforcement":"KDADS licensing; K.S.A. 48-939.","functions":["IC infection control and staff testing","HR staffing","RS residential care"],"notes":"The Governor\u0027s June 14, 2021 release: \u0027Executive Order 21-15 is the only mechanism in place to require COVID-19 testing in certain adult care homes licensed by the state.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/EO-21-15-Executed.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210403163516/https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/EO-21-15-Executed.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":1330110,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"KS","url":"/library/KS-046","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/KS-046","citation":"Governor Laura Kelly, Executive Order 21-15 (Apr. 1, 2021) (Ex. KS-046)","stateName":"Kansas","related":["KS-049","KS-042","KS-043","KS-044","KS-045","KS-038","KS-050"]}