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COVID-19 Update: HHS Issues Notice of Designation to Prevent Hoarding and OIG launches COVID-19 Portal

On March 25, in response to President Trump’s Executive Order, HHS issued a Notice of Designation a list of health and medical resources necessary to respond to COVID-19 that are necessary to combat the spread of the disease. The Defense Production Act “prohibits any person from accumulating designated materials (1) in excess of the reasonable … Continue reading

COVID-19 Update: President Trump Issues Executive Order on Hoarding

By Yvonne Puig (US), Daphne Calderon (US) and Jeff Wurzburg (US) on March 24, 2020 Posted in Coronavirus, General, News from DC

On March 23, 2020 President Trump signed an Executive Order directing the Secretary of HHS, under the authority of the Defense Production Act, to “prevent hoarding of health and medical resources necessary to respond to the spread of COVID-19 within the United States.” It also delegates to the Secretary of HHS the: [A]uthority to prescribe … Continue reading