{"id":"SEC-04-064","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New Jersey","state":"NJ","metro":"","industry":"04","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of Health","authority":"N.J.A.C. 8:42-2.6; Executive Order No. 103 section 6","instrument":"Blanket Waiver for Home Health Agency Licensing Standards at N.J.A.C. 8:42 that are More Stringent than Waivers and Guidance Issued by CMS during the Public Health Emergency","title":"Blanket Waiver for Home Health Agency Licensing Standards","dateIssued":"2020-04-24","effective":"2020-04-24","end":"Through the emergency (State file for its end)","startDate":"2020-04-24","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["HC","OTHER"],"addressees":["licensed home health agencies"],"clause":"N.J.A.C. 8:42-2.6 grants the Department the authority to waive regulations affecting Home Health Agencies and to ensure that necessary care is provided as Home Health Agencies experience staffing issues due to the Public Health Emergency posed by COVID-19.... the Department is issuing a blanket waiver from any provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:42 that are more stringent than [the CMS waivers and guidance].","enforcement":"Licensure","functions":["SN aide supervision","HR","HC","OF"],"notes":"Conforms New Jersey home health licensing (aide supervision, assessments) to the federal 1135 waivers.","sourceUrl":"https://www.nj.gov/health/legal/covid19/4-24-2020_BlanketWaiver_forHomeHealthAgencyLicensingStandards.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":806968,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-04","url":"/library/SEC-04-064","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-04-064","citation":"Commissioner of Health, Blanket Waiver for Home Health Agency Licensing Standards at N.J.A.C. 8:42 that are More Stringent than Waivers and Guidance Issued by CMS during the Public Health Emergency (Apr. 24, 2020) (Ex. SEC-04-064)","stateName":"New Jersey","related":[]}