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All Facilities Letters - 2022

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*All Facilities Letters are listed in ascending order by release date, with updated AFLs listed directly after their original version


Bulletin Numberā€‹ Facility Type Affected Subject Release Date
AFL 22-01
All Facilities
Centralization of Program Flexibility Application Process
01/07/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-02
ā€‹ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities
ā€‹Notice of Testing Supply Availability and Distribution Process 
ā€‹ā€‹01/14/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-03 
General Acute Care Hospitals (GACHs)

Assembly Bill (AB) 1407 ā€“ Nurses: Implicit Bias Courses
ā€‹01/26/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-04 
ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals (GACH)
Special Hospitals (SH)
Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
Congregate Living Health Facilities (CHLF)
Hospice Facilities (HOFA)
ā€‹Senate Bill (SB) 311 ā€“ Compassionate Access to Medical Cannabis Act
01/26/2022ā€‹
ā€‹AFL 22-05
ā€‹Hospices
ā€‹Senate Bill (SB) 353 ā€“ Extension of Palliative Cw
ā€‹01/26/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-06
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
ā€‹Annual Announcement: Online Application Period for Patient Needs Waiver (PNW) and Workforce Shortage Waiver (WSW)
ā€‹01/26/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-07.1 
(Supersedes AFL 22-07)
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities
ā€‹Guidance for Limiting the Transmission of COVID-19 in Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
ā€‹10/06/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-08
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities
ā€‹Appeal Procedures for Direct Care Service Hours Per Patient Day Penalties
ā€‹02/07/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-09 
ā€‹All Facilities
ā€‹Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Vaccine and Booster Recommendations for Clinically Eligible Individuals 
ā€‹02/24/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-10 
ā€‹All Facilities
ā€‹Guidance for Contrast Media Shortage
ā€‹05/16/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-11.1 
(Supersedes AFL 22-11)
ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals
ā€‹Health Impacts of the Infant Formula Shortage
ā€‹09/16/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-12
All Facilities
Updated Regulatory References to Health Care Standards of Practice
06/24/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-13.1 
(Supersedes AFL 22-13)
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities
ā€‹Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Mitigation Plan Recommendations for Testing of Health Care Personnel (HCP) and Residents at Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
ā€‹10/05/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-14 
ā€‹All Facilities
ā€‹Request for Interest in Serving as a Temporary Manager
ā€‹06/13/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-15 
ā€‹Hospice Agencies
Hospice Facilities
ā€‹Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for Hospice Regulations
ā€‹06/23/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-16 
ā€‹All Facilities
ā€‹Resource Requests for Contrast Media  
ā€‹06/29/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-17 
ā€‹All Facilities
ā€‹Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-23 Health Care Facility License Fee Schedule
ā€‹07/07/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-18 
ā€‹All Facilities
ā€‹Level II Extreme Heat Alert
ā€‹09/01/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-19 
ā€‹All Facilities
ā€‹Tropical Storm Kay Alert
ā€‹09/08/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-20 
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities
ā€‹Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Resources for Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
ā€‹09/12/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-21 
(Supersedes AFL 19-22)
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF), and General Acute Care Hospitals (GACH) with a SNF Distinct Part (DP)
ā€‹Enhanced Standard Precautions for Skilled Nursing Facilities, 2022 
ā€‹10/05/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-22 
ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals
ā€‹Notice of Stakeholder Meeting for General Acute Care Hospital (GACH) Observation Service Regulations
ā€‹10/24/2022

ā€‹AFL 22-23 
ā€‹All Facilities
ā€‹Guidance for Response to Surge in Respiratory Viruses  
ā€‹11/11/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-24 
ā€‹All Facilities
ā€‹Ebola Virus Disease Information and Preparedness
ā€‹11/15/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-25 - NEW
ā€‹General Acute Care Hospitals (GACHs)

ā€‹Senate Bill (SB) 864 ā€“ Fentanyl Screening in GACHs

ā€‹11/29/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-26 - NEW
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF)
Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF)
ICF/Developmentally Disabled (ICF/DD)
ICF/DD Habilitative (ICF/DD-H)
ICF/DD Nursing (ICF/DD-N)
ICF/DD Continuous Nursing (ICF/DD-CN)
Congregate Living Health Facilities (CLHF)
Pediatric Day Health and Respite Care Facilities (PDHRC)

ā€‹Assembly Bill (AB) 2145: Dental Services: Long-Term Care

ā€‹11/29/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-27 - NEW
ā€‹All Facilities
ā€‹Facility Emergency Contact and All Facilities Letter Recipient Information
ā€‹11/29/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-28 - NEW
ā€‹Hospice Agencies
Assembly Bill (AB) 2673 ā€“ Expansion of Hospice Agency Licensure Requirements, Oversight, and Enforcement
ā€‹11/29/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-29 - NEW
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities
ā€‹Annual Announcement: Online Application Period for Patient Needs Waiver (PNW) and Workforce Shortage Waiver (WSW)
ā€‹12/1/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-30 - NEW 
ā€‹All Facilities
Notice of Expiration of Temporary Waivers for Professional Certification Requirements for Certified Nurse Assistants (CNAs)



ā€‹12/6/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-31 - NEW
(Supersedes AFL 20-87.1)
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities
General Acute Care Hospitals
ā€‹Movement of Patients/Residents in the Healthcare Continuum During Seasonal Surges and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic
ā€‹12/12/2022
ā€‹AFL 22-32 - NEW
ā€‹Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs)
Chronic Dialysis Clinics (CDCs)
End Stage Renal Disease Dialysis Facilities (ESRDs)



ā€‹Guidelines for Dialysis Care 
ā€‹12/12/2022
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