01/20/2022

Public Health Emergency renewed for another 90 days

As expected, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra announced last Friday that the Public Health Emergency (PHE) would be renewed for another 90 days, until April 16; this is the eighth time it has been extended since the original declaration in the beginning of 2020. The new 90-day clock starts today. The Biden Administration had promised earlier that it would not end the PHE without giving at least 60 days notice. As a reminder, 90 days is the maximum length of time the PHE can be extended at one time.