{"id":"MD-034","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Maryland","state":"MD","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr.","authority":"Md. Code, Pub. Safety Title 14","instrument":"Order of the Governor No. 20-03-25-01, Amending and Restating the Order of March 13, 2020, Controlling Child Care Access","title":"Amending and Restating the Order of March 13, 2020, Controlling Child Care Access","dateIssued":"2020-03-25","effective":"2020-03-25 (Superintendent\u0027s implementing closure of child care to non-essential families effective Mar. 27, 2020)","end":"Rescinded 12:01 a.m. July 1, 2021 (MD-031 I.o)","startDate":"2020-03-25","endDate":"2021-07-01","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["SCH","CLOSE"],"addressees":["child care centers, family child care homes and large family child care homes","State Superintendent","parents"],"clause":"WHEREAS,... it is necessary and reasonable that children and child care providers in the state refrain from congregating, except in limited circumstances to provide child care to persons supporting health care, emergency medical, law enforcement, and other essential services;... II.b. \u0022Essential persons\u0022 means: i. Providers of health, long-term, or acute inpatient care, emergency medical, or pharmacy services; ii. Public health employees; iii. Law enforcement personnel; iv. Correctional services employees; v. Firefighters and other first responders; vi. Government employees required to work during the state of emergency...; vii. Employees and representatives of insurance carriers...; viii. National Guard personnel...; ix. Staff and providers of child care or education services...; x. Food distributors and suppliers...; xi. Transportation and delivery services personnel; xii. Gasoline service station operators and automobile repair mechanics; xiii. Critical infrastructure employees...; xiv. Personnel of other institutions ordered to remain open...; and xv. Such other persons as the State Superintendent of Schools... may designate... III. Except as provided herein, and as deemed necessary to protect the health, welfare, or safety of children and child care providers, the State Superintendent, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and the Director of the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (\u0022MEMA\u0022), may require child care centers, family child care homes, and large family child care homes, in any location or venue, to be closed. IV. Child Care for Essential Persons...","enforcement":"Order under Title 14; Pub. Safety 14-114(d)","functions":["EC child care (closed to all but Essential Persons)","WF workforce with children","CB families"],"notes":"Programs reopened to all families in June 2020 under the MSDE Child Care Recovery Plan","sourceUrl":"https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Child-Care-Access.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200327082705/https://governor.maryland.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Child-Care-Access.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":195357,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MD","url":"/library/MD-034","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MD-034","citation":"Governor Lawrence J. Hogan, Jr, Order of the Governor No. 20-03-25-01, Amending and Restating the Order of March 13, 2020, Controlling Child Care Access (Mar. 25, 2020) (Ex. MD-034)","stateName":"Maryland","related":["MD-031","MD-033","MD-005","MD-007","MD-004","MD-036","MD-032","MD-003","MD-035","MD-038","MD-070","MD-039"]}