New Mexico Register / Volume XXXI, Issue 22 / November 24,
2020
EXECUTIVE ORDER
2020-080
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
November 12, 2020 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
("CDC") reported over 10 million people have been infected in the
United States, with over 241,000 related deaths, and the New Mexico Department
of Health has reported over 60,776 positive COVID-19 cases and 1,176 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
have declared a state of emergency and implemented significant measures and
deployed substantial resources to fight the spread of COVID-19.
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 the 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, and
2020-073 shall be renewed and extended through December 11, 2020.
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 and the following orders: Executive Order 2020-012; Executive
Order 2020-016; Executive
Order 2020-020; Executive
Order 2020-021; Executive Order 2020-025; Executive Order 2020-037;
Executive Order 2020-039; Executive
Order 2020-056; Executive Order 2020-063; Executive Order 2020-072; and Executive
Order 2020-075.
This Order supersedes any
previous orders, proclamations, or directives in conflict. This Executive Order shall take effect
November 13, 2020 and shall remain in effect until December 11, 2020 unless
renewed, modified, or until the Governor rescinds it.
ATTEST: DONE
AT THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE
THIS
13TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 2020
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MAGGIE
TOULOUSE OLIVER WITNESS
MY HAND AND THE GREAT
SECRETARY
OF STATE SEAL
OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
MICHELLE
LUJAN GRISHAM GOVERNOR