The Department of Health (Department) is providing the below guidance as an update to guidance issued on May 12, 2020 and in light of the statement issued on June 2, 2020 “Restrictions to Protect Residents in Skilled Nursing Care (SNF) Facilities Temporarily Remain in Place in Counties in the Green Phase of the Governor’s Process to Reopen Pennsylvania.” To protect the residents and staff of SNFs during the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions were put in place. To safely lift those restrictions, the Commonwealth has developed this reopening guidance (beginning in Section 6) that will occur in a three-step process. Facilities licensed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should also continue to follow all relevant CMS guidelines available now and in the future.
