{"id":"SEC-04-050","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"04","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health (order); Department of Human Services (implementing page)","authority":"Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955, 35 P.S. 521.1 et seq.; Administrative Code 2102(a); Governor\u0027s Proclamation of Disaster Emergency (Mar. 6, 2020)","instrument":"Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities (June 26, 2020), with the June 8, 2020 order for skilled nursing facilities","title":"Requirements for Testing of Residents and Staff in Long-Term Care Facilities","dateIssued":"2020-06-26","effective":"2020-06-26 (baseline universal testing by Aug. 31, 2020); SNF baseline by July 24, 2020","end":"Superseded by later DOH testing guidance and 483.80(h) (State file)","startDate":"2020-06-26","endDate":"2020-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["personal care homes","assisted living residences","intermediate care facilities","skilled nursing facilities (June 8 order)"],"clause":"Per the Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities, issued June 26, 2020, Personal Care Homes (PCHs), Assisted Living Residences (ALRs), and [Intermediate Care Facilities are required to complete universal testing for SARS-CoV-2, the virus] that causes COVID-19, of all residents and staff no later than August 31, 2020. Universal testing includes: any [resident and any staff member, including contracted staff]... In order to be compliant with this Order, a facility that is unfamiliar with how to test is expected to pursue contracting with an external vendor to support universal testing.","enforcement":"35 P.S. 521.20 (penalties); DHS and DOH licensure","functions":["IC","RS","HR","IN contracted staff","WF"],"notes":"The June 26 order is verified from the Department\u0027s implementing page.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dhs.pa.gov/coronavirus/Pages/Requirements-for-LTCF-Testing.aspx","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20211028183054/https://www.dhs.pa.gov/coronavirus/Pages/Requirements-for-LTCF-Testing.aspx","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":262064,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-04","url":"/library/SEC-04-050","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-04-050","citation":"Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health (order); Department of Human Services (implementing page), Order of the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Health Directing Testing at Long-Term Care Facilities (June 26, 2020), with the June 8, 2020 order for skilled nursing facilities (Ex. SEC-04-050)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":[]}