New Mexico Register / Volume XXXIII,
Issue 9 / May 3, 2022
(Publishers note: This executive order was
not posted until 4/15. According
to REGISTER schedule, this order is published in issue
9,
after effective date of this order has expired. meo)
EXECUTIVE ORDER 2022-016
RENEWING THE STATE OF PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY INITIALLY
DECLARED IN EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020-004, OTHER POWERS INVOKED
IN
THAT ORDER, AND ALL OTHER ORDERS AND DIRECTIVES CONTAINED
IN
EXECUTIVE ORDERS TIED TO THE ONGOING PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY
On
December 31, 2019, several cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause were detected in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, and reported to
the World Health Organization ("WHO"). The underlying virus giving rise to those
reported instances of respiratory illness was later identified as a novel
coronavirus disease which has been referred to as
"COVID-19."
By
the time the first COVID-19 cases had been confirmed
in New Mexico, on March 11, 2020, COVID-19 had already spread globally and
throughout the United States. At that
time, more than 100,000 people had been infected
globally and there were more than 1,000 cases in the United States, spread out
over 39 states. The President of the
United States declared a national state of emergency for COVID-19 on March 13,
2020. As of March 31, 2022 the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention ("CDC")
reported over 79.9 million people have been infected in the United States, with
over 977,000 related deaths, and the New Mexico Department of Health has reported
517,858 positive COVID-19 cases and 7,274 related deaths in New Mexico.
Public
health organizations have implemented emergency measures intended to slow the
spread of COVID-19. For example, on
January 20, 2020, the CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center in response
to the COVID-19 outbreak. The WHO
declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern shortly
thereafter. All of our sister states subsequently
declared a state of emergency and implemented significant measures and deployed
substantial resources to fight the spread of COVID-19; many, if not most, have
kept such states of emergency in place.
New
Mexico has taken aggressive measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and to
mitigate its impacts. I have been in
frequent contact with federal and state agencies and officials who are
coordinating their efforts and resources to fight COVID-19. Various state agencies have been at the
forefront of our State's response to COVID-19, particularly the New Mexico
Department of Health. The hard work of a
variety of state employees has made a difference in our fight against
COVID-19. Due to the continued spread of
COVID-19, it is necessary for all branches of State government to continue
taking actions to minimize transmission of COVID-19 and to reduce its attendant
physical and economic harms.
Therefore, for
the reasons above, I, Michelle Lujan Grisham, Governor of the State of New
Mexico, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of
the State of New Mexico, hereby ORDER
and DIRECT:
1. In consultation
with the New Mexico Department of Health, I have determined that the statewide
public health emergency proclaimed in Executive Order 2020-004, and renewed in
Executive Orders 2020-022, 2020-026, 2020-030, 2020-036, 2020-053, 2020-55,
2020-059, 2020-064, 2020-073, 2020-080, 2020-085, 2021-001, 2021-004, 2021-010,
2021-011, 2021-012, 2021-023, 2021-030, 2021-044, 2021-049, 2021-054, 2021-058,
2021-061, 2021-067, 2022-004, 2022-007, and 2022-012 shall be renewed and
extended through May 1, 2022.
2. All other powers, directives, and orders
invoked in Executive Order 2020-004 remain in effect.
3. All other Executive Orders with a
duration that was tied to the COVID-19 public health emergency or that was not
explicitly stated shall continue with the same effect, including any orders appropriating
emergency funding as well as Executive Orders 2020-016, 2020-020, 2020-021,
2020-025, and 2020-039.
This
Order supersedes any previous orders, proclamations, or directives in conflict.
This Order shall take effect on April 1,
2022 and shall remain in effect until April 30, 2022 unless renewed, modified, or rescinded.
ATTEST: DONE
AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
THIS
1ST DAY OF APRIL 2022
/ S /
MAGGIE TOULOUSE
OLIVER WITNESS
MY HAND AND THE GREAT
SECRETARY OF
STATE SEAL
OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
/
S /
MICHELLE
LUJAN GRISHAM GOVERNOR