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Governor Issues Public Health Emergency ProclamationOn Friday, Governor Reynolds signed an additional public health emergency proclamation anticipating the end of many healthcare waivers in July. Please note that Section 19 of the proclamation retains the following suspension language: "I continue to temporarily suspend the regulatory provisions of any statute or administrative rule that impedes the implementation of a federal waiver issued by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to section 1135 of the Social Security Act." This allows facilities to continue to utilize applicable federal waivers despite the expiration of a specifically referenced parallel state-rule, which will effectively sync the expiration state and federal waivers. Thus, members can still utilize the federal blanket waivers like the temporary nurse aides until discontinued at the federal level. Included in this proclamation are relief measures listed below:
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