Executive and Emergency Orders

• DOH Emergency Order 20-007. This order extends Emergency Order 20-002 to May 31, 2020. 
• FMA Summary of Executive Order 20-112: Phase 1: Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida’s Recovery, by Jeff Scott, Esq., April 30, 2020
• Emergency Order 20-006 waives certain Florida DOH statutes and rules. Read the FMA’s summary here, by Jeff Scott, Esq., April 27, 2020
• The Surgeon General issued Emergency Order 20-002 in response to the threat posed by COVID-19. This concerns prescribing and Telehealth. Read the summary here, by Jeff Scott, Esq., updated April 16, 2020
  
• Executive Order Number 20-91: Essential Services and Activities During COVID-19 Emergency are extended until April 30. Read the FMA summary of the order, by Jeff Scott, Esq., April 2, 2020
• Families First H.R. 6201 Coronavirus Response Act Q&A, from the U.S. Department of Labor, April 1, 2020
  
• Summary of H.R. 6201 – Families First Coronavirus Response Act, by Jeff Scott, Esq., March 30. Read the full order here, Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
  
• Executive Order Number 20-72: Limiting non-essential medical procedures. Read the FMA Summary of Executive Order 20-72 here, by Mary Thomas, Esq. March 25, 2020
  
• Physicians who plan to continue performing urgent or emergent medical procedures while Executive Order 20-72 is in effect, consider using this downloadable, printable form.
• AHCA requires Medicaid Managed Care Plans to extend prior authorization approvals for at least 6 months for procedures postponed due to Executive Order 20-72. Full memo here. March 25
  
• Executive Order 20-52: Directing Florida Surgeon General Scott Rivkees, MD, to declare a state public health emergency due to COVID-19. Read the full order here. March 9, 2020