{"id":"SEC-01-049","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"01","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418","instrument":"Executive Order GA-31","title":"Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster (areas with high hospitalizations)","dateIssued":"2020-09-17","effective":"2020-09-17","end":"Continued by GA-32 (Oct. 7, 2020); rescinded by GA-34 (Mar. 10, 2021)","startDate":"2020-09-17","endDate":"2021-03-31","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC","CAP"],"addressees":["hospitals in Trauma Service Areas with high hospitalizations"],"clause":"[recites the June 30 expansion of] postponement of certain surgeries and procedures in Bexar, Dallas, Harris, and Travis counties [to] counties within Trauma Service Areas J, K, M, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, and V... [hospitals in areas with high hospitalizations] shall postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not medically necessary... \u0027Areas with high hospitalizations\u0027 means any Trauma Service Area that has had seven consecutive days in which the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients as a percentage of total hospital capacity exceeds 15 percent.","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.173","functions":["SX","IP 15 percent reserve","CB"],"notes":"Regional trigger regime for the winter 2020-21 surge (El Paso, Lubbock, Amarillo, Laredo, the Rio Grande Valley and others were \u0027areas with high hospitalizations\u0027 for weeks).","sourceUrl":"https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-31_hospital_capacity_COVID-19.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":387415,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-049","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-01-049","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-31 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-049)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-01-050","SEC-01-048"]}