{"id":"MT-006","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Montana","state":"MT","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Steve Bullock","authority":"Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104; 50-1-202, -203, -204","instrument":"Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (hospital surge capacity; procurement; patient transfer)","title":"Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 and providing for measures to ease the procurement of medical supplies and hospital space and to ease the transfer of patients with COVID-19 to appropriate medical facilities","dateIssued":"2020-03-23","effective":"2020-03-23","end":"End of the declared state of emergency (carried forward in substance by the Feb. 12, 2021 Directive to June 30, 2021)","startDate":"2020-03-23","endDate":"2021-02-12","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","SUPPLY"],"addressees":["State agencies","health care facilities","local health officers"],"clause":"Only to the extent necessary to respond to the emergency, such as the procurement of additional patient space or necessary medical supplies, compliance with the following procurement authorities are temporarily waived: The Montana Procurement Act... Only as it pertains to patients suspected or confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19, strict compliance with the reporting requirements of ARM 37.114.306 related to the transportation of communicable disease cases is waived","enforcement":"Mont. Code Ann. 10-3-104(2)(a) suspension power","functions":["IP inpatient units and surge capacity","SC supply chain (PPE, patient space)"],"notes":"Recites CDC\u0027s advice to plan for a surge of critically ill patients","sourceUrl":"https://covid19.mt.gov/_docs/Directive%20on%20Hospital%20Surge%20Capacity%203%2023%2020.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":222069,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MT","url":"/library/MT-006","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MT-006","citation":"Governor Steve Bullock, Directive Implementing Executive Orders 2-2020 and 3-2020 (hospital surge capacity; procurement; patient transfer) (Mar. 23, 2020) (Ex. MT-006)","stateName":"Montana","related":["MT-007","MT-008","MT-005","MT-023","MT-004","MT-024","MT-009","MT-010","MT-011","MT-003","MT-025","MT-026"]}