NH Pandemic Planning

On June 17, 2020, Governor Cuomo signed into law legislation requiring that each residential health care facility, by Sept. 15, 2020, prepare and make available to the public on the facility’s website, and immediately upon request, a Pandemic Emergency Plan (PEP). Resources pertaining to this requirement can be accessed below.

NH Pandemic Planning DOH Reminds Nursing Homes of Their PPE Inventory Requirements: Nursing homes are required to maintain at least a two-month supply of PPE, calculated based on each facility's average annual census and a series of positivity rates and multipliers provided by DOH.
September 26, 2023

NH Pandemic Planning DOH DAL: PPE Stockpile Requirements for Nursing Homes
September 25, 2023

NH Pandemic Planning DOH Issues New Emergency Preparedness DAL for Nursing Homes: DAL clarifies pandemic emergency plan requirements.
May 1, 2023

NH Pandemic Planning DOH DAL on Update to Nursing Home Emergency Preparedness Plans
May 1, 2023

NH Pandemic Planning DOH Release New PPE Stockpile Inventory Requirements
February 14, 2023

NH Pandemic Planning Changes in Nursing Home PPE Stockpile Requirements Approved by PHHPC: The Public Health and Health Planning Council approved a change in the methodology used to calculate nursing homes' stockpile inventory. Inventory requirements will be based on average census, rather than certified beds. The new regulation took effect on Jan. 26, 2023.
January 31, 2023

NH Pandemic Planning LeadingAge NY Urges DOH to Rightsize and Fund PPE Stockpile Requirements: In response to LeadingAge NY's advocacy, DOH sought input into a new methodology for calculating the required amounts of PPE in nursing home stockpiles. LeadingAge NY urged DOH to rightsize, and develop a plan to appropriately allocate, government stockpiles; adjust Medicaid rates to account for provider stockpile costs; and adopt a methodology for nursing homes that relies on average occupancy rather than certified beds.
December 19, 2022

NH Pandemic Planning Pandemic Emergency Plan FAQs – September 2020

NH Pandemic Planning DAL NH 20-12 Pandemic Emergency Plan PPE Storage Requirements During COVID-19 State of Emergency

NH Pandemic Planning DAL NH 20-09 Required Annual Pandemic Emergency Plan for All Nursing Homes