Manatt Health May 10, 2023
This article is an update to a February 2023 article on changes to expect when the COVID-19 PHE concludes.
At 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, 2023, the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) declaration will conclude, more than three years after taking effect in January 2020. The PHE declaration has enabled the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to invoke certain emergency powers, and over the course of the pandemic, both Congress and the Biden Administration have linked various other pandemic-related flexibilities and mandates to the PHE timeline.
HHS has issued multiple guidance documents in recent months to advise stakeholders about the implications of the upcoming PHE expiration, notably including a February 2023 COVID-19 Public Health Emergency...