Ninety-seventh Supplemental Emergency Declaration – Extension of Various Executive Orders

WHEREAS, on March 9, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-02 declaring a state of emergency due to the dangers to health and life posed by COVID-19 and that Order is in effect until at least December 3, 2020;

WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-06 expanding access to telemedicine services and that Order has been extended until December 3, 2020;

WHEREAS, on April 6, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-16 authorizing waiver and Medicaid state plan amendments and adjustments to essential provider rates and that Order has been extended until December 3, 2020;

WHEREAS, on April 7, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-17 requiring testing, critical supplies and hospital capacity reporting and that Order has been extended until December 3, 2020;

WHEREAS, on April 9, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-19 increasing access to unemployment insurance and that Order has been extended until December 3, 2020;

WHEREAS, on September 2, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-70 allowing expanded hospital capacity as well as providing statutory immunity to hospitals and health care and other workers responding to the COVID-19 emergency and that Order has been extended until December 3, 2020;

WHEREAS, on September 2, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-71 imposing further self-quarantine and self-isolation requirements and that Order has been extended until December 3, 2020; WHEREAS, on November 5, 2020, I issued Executive Order 20-94 continuing to require cloth face coverings in public and that Order has been extended until December 5, 2020;

WHEREAS, despite progress in some key areas, the State continues to suffer from the effects of the pandemic and experiences a recent spike in COVID-19 cases; and

WHEREAS, further aggressive efforts are necessary to control the spread of COVID19 and to lessen the strain on our healthcare system.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GINA M. RAIMONDO, by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Rhode Island, pursuant to Article IX of the Rhode Island Constitution and the Rhode Island General Laws, including, but not limited to, Title 30, Chapter 15, and Title 23, Chapter 8, do hereby extend the following Executive Orders:

1. Executive Order 20-02 (Declaration of Disaster Emergency).
2. Executive Order 20-06 (Fourth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Expanding Access to Telemedicine Services).
3. Executive Order 20-16 (Thirteenth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Authorizing Waiver and Medicaid State Plan Amendments and Adjustments to Essential Provider Rates).
4. Executive Order 20-17 (Fourteenth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Testing, Critical Supplies and Hospital Capacity Reporting).
5. Executive Order 20-19 (Sixteenth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Increasing Access to Unemployment Insurance).
6. Executive Order 20-70 (Sixty-Fifth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Hospital and Community-Based Health Care).
7. Executive Order 20-71 (Sixty-Sixth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Further Quarantine Order).
8. Executive Order 20-94 (Eighty-Ninth Supplemental Emergency Declaration - Continuing to Require Cloth Face Coverings in Public).

This Executive Order shall take effect immediately and remain in full force and effect until December 31, 2020 unless renewed, modified or terminated by subsequent Executive Order.

So Ordered,

Gina M Raimondo,

Governor