{"id":"NJ-083","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health","authority":"N.J.A.C. 8:42 and 8:42C (home health agency and hospice licensure); EO 103 (State of Emergency)","instrument":"Department of Health memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators, Temporary Operational Waivers during a State of Emergency","title":"Home health agencies and hospices may serve outside licensed geography without prior approval during the State of Emergency, subject to written reporting","dateIssued":"2020-03-13","effective":"For the duration of a Governor-declared State of Emergency (EO 103\u0027s State of Emergency continued through 2021)","end":"Tied to the State of Emergency; continuation after June 4, 2021 governed by P.L. 2021, c. 103, sec. 3(a); the Department\u0027s index marks the waiver rescinded without a stated date","startDate":"2020-03-13","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["home health agencies licensed under N.J.A.C. 8:42; hospices licensed under N.J.A.C. 8:42C"],"clause":"\u0022In the event of a State of Emergency as declared by the Governor of New Jersey in an Executive Order, that so significantly affects the ability of a Home Health Agency or Hospice to offer its full array of services, the Department of Health (Department) will not require prior Department approval of temporary waivers for the following services from Home Health Agencies and Hospices that are affected by such an event: 1. Providing home health services to patients outside of the approved license/CN geography; or 2. Providing hospice services to patients outside the hospice service area. Affected Home Health Agencies and Hospices... will be required to provide a written report to the Department detailing which, if any, of the above actions were implemented, the duration of the implementation, and any adverse outcomes attributable to the actions. Once the State of Emergency is mitigated, Home Health Agencies and Hospices will be required to operate in accordance with all licensure standards.\u0022","enforcement":"Licensure; written report to the Certificate of Need and Healthcare Facility Licensure Program","functions":["HC in-home visits (service area rules relaxed)","IN intake and referrals","OF reporting"],"notes":"Home care: the State\u0027s own statement, three days before its first closure order, that the emergency \u0022significantly affects the ability of a Home Health Agency or Hospice to offer its full array of services.\u0022 A waiver (context), not a restriction.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/healthfacilities/documents/CN/temp_waivers/03-13-2020_Memo-Home_Health_Agency_and_Hospice_Administrators_Temp_Operational_Waivers.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":630050,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"NJ","url":"/library/NJ-083","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/NJ-083","citation":"Judith M. Persichilli, Commissioner of Health, Department of Health memorandum to Home Health Agency and Hospice Administrators, Temporary Operational Waivers during a State of Emergency (Mar. 13, 2020) (Ex. NJ-083)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":["NJ-064","NJ-066","NJ-067","NJ-068"]}