{"id":"NE-032","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Nebraska","state":"NE","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Nebraska DHHS","authority":"DHHS guidance to licensed assisted-living facilities","instrument":"Assisted-Living Facility Masking Guidance (July 14, 2021)","title":"DHHS Guidance on Masking for Assisted-Living Facilities","dateIssued":"2021-07-14","effective":"2021-07-14","end":"","startDate":"2021-07-14","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["HC","MASK"],"addressees":["assisted-living facilities","certified nursing homes"],"clause":"Use of a face mask is not required for fully vaccinated residents of assisted-living facilities. Unvaccinated residents should continue wearing masks and maintain physical distancing when around others within the building.... Certified nursing homes must continue to follow the CMS requirement for use of face masks within their building.","enforcement":"Guidance; recites the binding CMS masking requirement for certified nursing homes","functions":["IC infection control","RS residential care","VS"],"notes":"A Q3 2021 State health department instrument reaching senior living","sourceUrl":"https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/COVID-19-DHHS-Guidance-on-Masking-for-Assisted-Living-Facilities.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210802124938/https://dhhs.ne.gov/Documents/COVID-19-DHHS-Guidance-on-Masking-for-Assisted-Living-Facilities.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":106859,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NE","url":"/library/NE-032","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NE-032","citation":"Nebraska DHHS, Assisted-Living Facility Masking Guidance (July 14, 2021) (Ex. NE-032)","stateName":"Nebraska","related":["NE-096","NE-095","NE-094"]}