{"id":"MET-DFW-051","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas (Trauma Service Area E), addressed to Tarrant County","state":"TX","metro":"DFW","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Texas Department of State Health Services","authority":"Executive Order GA-32 (Oct. 7, 2020)","instrument":"DSHS letter to Tarrant County Judge Whitley: TSA E an area with high hospitalizations under GA-32","title":"DSHS notice of GA-32 high-hospitalization status (TSA E) and 50 percent occupancy","dateIssued":"","effective":"2020-12-03 (seventh consecutive day above 15 percent per MET-DFW-027)","end":"Until seven consecutive days at or below 15 percent (TSA E listed on the DSHS high-hospitalization list of Jan. 15, 2021, Ex. TX-026)","startDate":"2020-12-03","endDate":"2021-01-15","quarters":["2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["CAP","ALC","HC","CLOSE"],"addressees":["Tarrant County Judge; businesses in TSA E; hospitals (GA-31 elective surgeries)"],"clause":"the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients in Trauma Service Area E as a percentage of total hospital capacity exceeds 15 percent, making it an area with high hospitalizations as defined above... to return to maximum 50 percent occupancy levels, except in any county that separately qualifies for the greater occupancy levels... discontinue elective surgeries as set forth in Executive Order GA-31","enforcement":"GA-32 and GA-31 (Gov\u0027t Code § 418.173)","functions":["DR","SF","OF","PF","FC","BA","SX elective surgeries","CB"],"notes":"A State instrument saved here because it is addressed to the county and fixes the metro\u0027s GA-32 status; the operative orders are GA-31 and GA-32 (Exs. TX-024, TX-025)","sourceUrl":"http://www.tarrantcounty.com/content/dam/main/global/Covid-19/DSHS_Letter_to_Tarrant_County_Judge-GA-32-50_percent_occupancy_in_businesses.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210126022216/http://www.tarrantcounty.com/content/dam/main/global/Covid-19/DSHS_Letter_to_Tarrant_County_Judge-GA-32-50_percent_occupancy_in_businesses.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":316413,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-DFW","url":"/library/MET-DFW-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-DFW-051","citation":"Texas Department of State Health Services, DSHS letter to Tarrant County Judge Whitley: TSA E an area with high hospitalizations under GA-32 (Dec. 3, 2020) (Ex. MET-DFW-051)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-026","MET-DFW-027","TX-024","TX-025","SEC-20-GM-049"]}