{"id":"WV-022","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"West Virginia","state":"WV","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Jim Justice","authority":"W. Va. Code 15-5-6 and 15-5-1","instrument":"Executive Order 27-20","title":"Testing of all nursing home residents and staff by DHHR and the National Guard","dateIssued":"2020-04-17","effective":"2020-04-17","end":"Executed; formally terminated Apr. 20, 2021 (EO 12-21)","startDate":"2020-04-17","endDate":"2021-04-20","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["DHHR and Bureau for Public Health","National Guard","all nursing homes","local health departments and county and city agencies"],"clause":"The West Virginia Division of Health and Human Resources and its Bureau for Public Health (the \u0027DHHR\u0027), with the assistance and coordination of the West Virginia National Guard (the \u0027WVNG\u0027), shall immediately test or cause to be tested all individuals who reside or work in the nursing homes throughout the State, such testing to be conducted pursuant to the terms of this Order without regard to whether such individuals have or have not been previously tested. 2. Local health departments and other county or city agencies throughout the State shall provide any and all assistance and/or resources to the DHHR and/or the WVNG.","enforcement":"Directive to State agencies and local governments","functions":["RS residential care (testing)","IC infection control","WF staff testing","HR"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://governor.wv.gov/Documents/2020%20Executive%20Orders/Executive-Order-April-17-2020-Nursing-Home-Testing.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200418222402/https://governor.wv.gov/Documents/2020%20Executive%20Orders/Executive-Order-April-17-2020-Nursing-Home-Testing.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":119323,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"WV","url":"/library/WV-022","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/WV-022","citation":"Governor Jim Justice, Executive Order 27-20 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. WV-022)","stateName":"West Virginia","related":["DUT-WV-006","WV-023","WV-021","WV-020","WV-019","WV-025","WV-018","WV-017","WV-024","WV-013","WV-014","WV-016"]}