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    Important Updates

     

    What You Need to Know

    NYS Department of Health Website gives real time updates on the current situations and important announcements for the New York State Government
    Please visit: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/home

    * Health care workers can text NYFRONTLINE to 741-741 to access 24/7 emotional support services. Any New Yorker can call the COVID-19 Emotional Support Hotline at 1-844-863-9314 for mental health counseling.

     

    OPWDD COVID-19 Guidance Related to Vaccine Consent

    OPWDD has released the below additional guidance on the COVID-19 vaccine consent process –                                                                                                              Interim Guidance: Use of an Informed Consent Committee for Consent to the COVID-19 Vaccine

    Find more information about the vaccine at:
    https://opwdd.ny.gov/coronavirus-guidance/covid-19-vaccine

    Find more guidance on COVID-19 at the following link:
    https://opwdd.ny.gov/coronavirus-guidance

     

    2021 Special Enrollment Period in response to the COVID-19 Emergency

    Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that the COVID Special Enrollment Period (SEP) for Medicaid and Medicare will be extended from May 15 to August 15, 2021. The COVID SEP is ongoing as it began on February 15, and now consumers will now have an additional three months in which to enroll in coverage without needing to provide proof of a qualifying life event (e.g., eligibility assessment for homecare). All active Medicaid cases with authorization and coverage dates ending in March, April, May and June will be systemically extended for 12 months.” If a case was closed after March 18, 2020, it will be reopened.

     

    New York State Mask Guideline (As of May 17, 2021)

    On May 17, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that New York State will adopt the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new guidance on mask use for fully vaccinated people. The guidelines state that fully vaccinated people, defined as two or more weeks after receiving the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine or the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, no longer need to wear masks outdoors, except in certain crowded settings and venues. 

    Please click here to see the full announcement from the New York State:

    https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-new-york-state-adopt-new-cdc-guidance-mask-use-fully-vaccinated

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