{"id":"MET-HOU-038","kind":"order","level":"county","jurisdiction":"Harris County, Texas (including the City of Houston)","state":"TX","metro":"HOU","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Harris County Local Health Authority, Janeana White, M.D.","authority":"Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code chs. 81 and 121 (81.082, 121.024)","instrument":"Order of the Local Health Authority for Harris County Regarding Public Schools","title":"Order of the Local Health Authority for Harris County Regarding Public Schools","dateIssued":"2021-08-12","effective":"immediately upon signing","end":"2021-2022 school year; GA-38 litigation (TRO Aug. 13, 2021; temporary injunction Aug. 27, 2021 superseded by appeal; Supreme Court June 30, 2023)","startDate":"2021-08-12","endDate":"2021-08-13","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["SCH","MASK","QUAR"],"addressees":["all public and non-religious private schools (pre-K through 12)","all licensed child care centers in Houston and Harris County"],"clause":"School Systems and Child Care Centers within Harris County shall follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations for universal indoor masking and require all students (age 2 and older), staff, teachers, and visitors to K-12 schools, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a face mask indoors while on school property and school buses... Unvaccinated [close contacts] shall quarantine for 14 days after their last contact with a person who has COVID-19.","enforcement":"Health \u0026 Safety Code chs. 81 and 121 control measures; filed with the County Clerk","functions":["IN in-person instruction","EC child care","WF workforce (parents; quarantines)","CB families"],"notes":"Issued in Q3 2021 against GA-38; Harris County sued the same day; the order remained the operative local rule for schools and child care","sourceUrl":"https://agenda.harriscountytx.gov/2021/20210812Order.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20210930025936/https://agenda.harriscountytx.gov/2021/20210812Order.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":221296,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"MET-HOU","url":"/library/MET-HOU-038","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/MET-HOU-038","citation":"Harris County Local Health Authority, Janeana White, M.D, Order of the Local Health Authority for Harris County Regarding Public Schools (Aug. 12, 2021) (Ex. MET-HOU-038)","stateName":"Texas","related":["AGY-LOCAL-DISTRICTS-AUTHORITIES-046","SEC-25-GM-013","SEC-25-GM-014","SEC-25-GM-042","SEC-25-GM-043","SEC-25-GM-054"]}