Tele Health

June 2, 2020

NYS Council members,

I have spoken to state agency leaders at OMH and OASAS.  Both are working (along with their colleagues from other O agencies) with the Governor’s Office to take the steps necessary to extend any guidance and/or Executive Orders requiring amendment in order to extend the current tele health flexibilities beyond June 6 (the date both state agencies agree is the technical end date for the current EO/s addressing this topic. 

The state agencies have been working on extensions with the Governor’s Office for a while now and it feels like they’ve got it in hand. I promise to keep you updated as the week goes on.  Again, I do not feel as if we are going to be dropped off a tele health cliff at 11:59 on June 6.  But I will let you know if there is a problem.  

Lauri 

See just recently issued EO (below).  Does not address tele health.

6/2/20

 The Governor has issued Executive Order 202.36 (text below and attached) which enacts the following:

  • Extends the period for paying property taxes without interest or penalties  by twenty-one days in the following localities that have requested such an extension: Village of Angola, Erie County; Village of Babylon, Suffolk County; Village of Bellport, Suffolk County; Village of Brockport, Monroe County; Village of Brookville, Nassau County; Village of Buchanan, Westchester County; Village of Clayton, Jefferson County; Village of Depew, Erie County; Village of East Hills, Nassau County; Village of Endicott, Broome County; Village of Farmingdale, Nassau County; Village of Fayetteville, Onondaga County; Village of Greenport, Suffolk County; Village of Groton, Tompkins County; Village of Hempstead, Nassau County; Village of Homer, Cortland County; Village of Hudson Falls, Washington County; Village of Island Park, Nassau County; Village of Kensington, Nassau County; Village of Laurel Hollow, Nassau County; Village of Monroe, Orange County; Village of Munsey Park, Nassau County; Village of Nyack, Rockland County; Village of Ocean Beach, Suffolk County; Village of Otisville, Orange County; Village of Patchogue; Suffolk County; City of Peekskill, Westchester County; Village of Red Hook, Dutchess County; Village of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County; City of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County; Village of Scarsdale, Westchester County; Village of South Floral Park, Nassau County; Village of Stamford, Delaware County; Village of Stewart Manor, Nassau County; Village of Sylvan Beach, Oneida County; Village of Watkins Glen, Schuyler County; Village of Wellsville, Allegany County. The EO also retroactively extends by twenty-one days the period for paying without interest or penalty the property taxes that were due by April 1, 2020, in the Village of Thomaston, Nassau County.
  • Modifies/suspends Section 6530 of the Education Law, or any section of the Public Health Law, to the extent necessary to allow a questionnaire administered through an asynchronous electronic interface or electronic mail that is approved by a physician licensed in the State of New York to be sufficient to establish a practitioner-patient relationship for purposes of ordering a clinical laboratory test.
  • Allows barbershops and hair salons to open only in regions that have been approved to begin Phase 2 reopening and to adhere to DOH guidance.
  • Allow any operator of an auto racetrack to operate beginning June 3, 2020, pursuant to DOH guidance for such operation, and provided such auto racetrack allows only essential personnel or participants to be on site, and does not permit any visitor or spectator into the facility or on premise.
  • Allows any region that meets the prescribed public health and safety metrics as determined by theDOH for Phase One reopening may allow outdoor, low-risk recreational activities and businesses, as determined by Empire State Development Corporation.

No. 202.36

E X E C U T I V E  O R D E R

Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency

WHEREAS, on March 7, 2020, I issued Executive Order Number 202, declaring a State disaster emergency for the entire State of New York; and

WHEREAS, both travel-related cases and community contact transmission of COVID-19 have been documented in New York State and are expected to continue;

NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 925-a of the Real Property Tax Law to extend during a State disaster emergency the period for paying property taxes without interest or penalties upon request of the chief executive officer of an affected county, city, town, village or school district, I do hereby extend by twenty-one days the period for paying, without interest or penalty, property taxes that are due in the following localities that have requested such an extension: Village of Angola, Erie County; Village of Babylon, Suffolk County; Village of Bellport, Suffolk County; Village of Brockport, Monroe County; Village of Brookville, Nassau County; Village of Buchanan, Westchester County; Village of Clayton, Jefferson County; Village of Depew, Erie County; Village of East Hills, Nassau County; Village of Endicott, Broome County; Village of Farmingdale, Nassau County; Village of Fayetteville, Onondaga County; Village of Greenport, Suffolk County; Village of Groton, Tompkins County; Village of Hempstead, Nassau County; Village of Homer, Cortland County; Village of Hudson Falls, Washington County; Village of Island Park, Nassau County; Village of Kensington, Nassau County; Village of Laurel Hollow, Nassau County; Village of Monroe, Orange County; Village of Munsey Park, Nassau County; Village of Nyack, Rockland County; Village of Ocean Beach, Suffolk County; Village of Otisville, Orange County; Village of Patchogue; Suffolk County; City of Peekskill, Westchester County; Village of Red Hook, Dutchess County; Village of Rhinebeck, Dutchess County; City of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County; Village of Scarsdale, Westchester County; Village of South Floral Park, Nassau County; Village of Stamford, Delaware County; Village of Stewart Manor, Nassau County; Village of Sylvan Beach, Oneida County; Village of Watkins Glen, Schuyler County; Village of Wellsville, Allegany County; and

IN ADDITION, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 925-a of the Real Property Tax Law, I do hereby retroactively extend by twenty-one days the period for paying without interest or penalty the property taxes that were due by April 1, 2020, in the Village of Thomaston, Nassau County.

IN ADDITION, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 29-a of Article 2-B of the Executive Law to temporarily suspend or modify any statute, local law, ordinance, order, rule, or regulation, or parts thereof, of any agency during a State disaster emergency, if compliance with such statute, local law, ordinance, order, rule, or regulation would prevent, hinder, or delay action necessary to cope with the disaster emergency or if necessary to assist or aid in coping with such disaster, I hereby temporarily suspend or modify, for the period from the date of this Executive Order through July 2, 2020 the following:

  • Section 6530 of the Education Law, or any section of the Public Health Law, to the extent necessary to allow a questionnaire administered through an asynchronous electronic interface or electronic mail that is approved by a physician licensed in the State of New York to be sufficient to establish a practitioner-patient relationship for purposes of ordering a clinical laboratory test.

IN ADDITION, by virtue of the authority vested in me by Section 29-a of Article 2-B of the Executive Law to issue any directive during a disaster emergency necessary to cope with the disaster, I do hereby issue the following directives for the period from the date of this Executive Order through July 2, 2020:

  • The directive contained in Executive Order 202.7, as extended, requiring all barbershops, hair salons, tattoo or piercing parlors and related personal care services to be closed to members of the public is hereby modified to allow for the opening of barbershops and hair salons, only to the extent and in regions consistent with Department of Health guidance promulgated for Phase Two industries reopening.
  • The directive contained in Executive Order 202.32 allowing any licensee or franchisee of a racetrack to operate such racetrack is hereby modified and extended until July 2, 2020, to allow any operator of an auto racetrack to operate beginning June 3, 2020, pursuant to Department of Health guidance for such operation, and provided such auto racetrack allows only essential personnel or participants to be on site, and does not permit any visitor or spectator into the facility or on premise.
  • Executive Order 202.35, which amended prior Executive Orders with respect to New York on Pause, is here by modified as follows:
  • Any region that meets the prescribed public health and safety metrics as determined by the Department of Health for Phase One reopening may allow outdoor, low-risk recreational activities and businesses providing such activities, as determined by Empire State Development Corporation, to be permitted to operate, in accordance with Department of Health guidance.

G I V E N   under my hand and the Privy Seal of the State in the City of Albany this second day of June in the year two thousand twenty.

BY THE GOVERNOR         

Secretary to the Governor