State of Maryland Information

• NEW! (11/17) Governor Hogan Announces Hospital Surge Measures, Statewide Capacity Restrictionsto take effect 11/20 at 5pm.
  • 10 PM Closure for Bars and Restaurants Statewide
  • Retail Establishment and Religious Facility Capacity Reduced to 50%
  • Hospital Visitations Prohibited Until Further Notice
  • New Hospital Surge Management Order
  • Guidance to Elective Procedures
  • New Limitations on Nursing Home Visitation
  • Nursing Home Testing Surge
  • More Rapid Response Teams for Hotspots and Outbreaks
• NEW! (11/10)  Governor Hogan Announces Series of Actions to Slow the Spread of COVID-19. New directives:
  • Reduce Indoor Dining Capacity to 50%
  • Restore Mandatory Teleworking for Government Employees
  • Public Health Advisories Limit Indoor Gatherings to 25 or Less 
  • Expand Warnings on Out-of-State Travel
  • Emergency Health Order Expands Hospital Surge Capacity
  • New Guidance for Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities
    
    
• Updates from Governor Hogan
  • Governor Hogan has asked former Annapolis Mayor Michael Pantelides to serve as the State Coronavirus pandemic liaison with municipal governments in Maryland. He can be reached at mike.pantelides@maryland.gov  /  443-683-0165
  • Renewal of the State of Emergency
  • COVID-19 Pandemic: ALL Executive Orders and Guidance
• Office of the Attorney General - Consumer Alerts and Price Gouging 
  • Office of People's Counsel - Moratorium on Utility Shut-Offs, Bill Assistance And Deferred Payment Plans
    • UPDATE: The Public Service Commission's utility moratorium expired October 1, 2020 and shut-offs have resumed as of November 15, 2020. Their office strongly encourages anyone who may be eligible for the Office of Home Energy Programs (OHEP) to apply now and not wait for a turn-off notice.
    • Office of People’s Counsel - Negotiating with your Utility
• State Financial Programs
  • Support for Local Restaurants -  $50 Million statewide. Restaurants interested in this new grant program must apply through their local jurisdiction (County), which are launching their own relief programs. 
  • Restaurant Best Practice
  • Support for Arts Organizations - The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) has an additional $3 million to reinvest in its Emergency Grant Program, aimed at helping those in the arts community that have experienced losses because of programming, operations, and events that have been modified or canceled.
  • Support for Main Street and Small Businesses - $50 million will be used to fund the remaining applications submitted for the Maryland Small Business COVID-19 Emergency Relief Grant Fund. While new applications are not being accepted for this program, this additional funding will help clear the backlog of approximately 5,000 remaining small business applications submitted in March and April earlier this year. Similarly, an additional $5 million will go toward the Maryland Small Business Development Financing Authority (MSBDFA), for COVID-19 relief loans for businesses owned by economically and socially disadvantaged entrepreneurs that applied earlier this summer.
  • Support for Hometown Tourism Efforts. Destination Marketing Organizations (DMO) will receive $2 million through the governor’s initiative to to support hometown tourism efforts that promote local restaurants, attractions, and shops.
• Schools
  • Guidance on response to a COVID-19 case in a school.
  • Face covering guidance for schools.
  • NEW! List of School Outbreaks in MD 

Recovery - Maryland Strong: Roadmap to Recovery

• Stage 3 - The state order becomes effective at 5 p.m. September 4, 2020.

  
  

• State Police - Enforcement of Executive Orders (including stay-at-home)
• State Police - Reduce Exposure
• Maryland Department of Health Resource Page
• Pool Directive Summary and Pool Directive and Order
• Maryland Unites