INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed two COVID-19 executive orders on Saturday.
“Today, I’m extending the public health emergency for another 30 days to maintain critical assistance to our neediest Hoosiers as we come out of this pandemic. While I am extending the state public health emergency for this next month, I have instructed my staff and the relevant agencies to bring me a plan that contemplates options to wind down our executive orders and end the state public health emergency in the near future,” said Gov. Holcomb.
In response to the improved coronavirus conditions in Indiana, several provisions from recent executive orders have been removed. These include: hospitals to consider reprioritizing or postponing non-emergent procedures, the reporting requirements for hospitals about diversion, and the direction to the Indiana State Department of Insurance to request that insurers extend the prior authorization for non-emergent surgeries/procedures that are postponed.