FAQ EO 14042: Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors
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HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OFWashington, DC, 20201, US

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    Special Notice: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF - FAQ EO 14042: Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors

    This notice provides Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to assist HHS industry partners in understanding Executive Order 14042: Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors. The FAQs offer guidance on testing requirements for contractor employees entering HHS facilities. Unvaccinated employees, including those with legal accommodations, must be tested for COVID-19 before entering an HHS facility. To gain access, unvaccinated employees must present a "Negative" COVID-19 test result taken within three calendar days. Contractors who are not fully vaccinated, unvaccinated, or choose not to disclose their vaccination status need a negative test taken within three calendar days each time they attempt to access an HHS facility. The requirements apply to prime and subcontractors at all tiers, except for subcontracts solely for product provision. Small businesses are also subject to these requirements. For more information, please visit the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force web page at: https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/. For further inquiries, contact Mary Young at Mary.Young@hhs.gov.

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