{"id":"TX-012","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code §§ 418.012, 418.016(a)","instrument":"Executive Order GA-19","title":"Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster","dateIssued":"2020-04-27","effective":"2020-05-01 12:01 a.m.","end":"2020-09-17 (superseded by GA-31:\u0027This executive order supersedes Executive Orders GA-19 and GA-27\u0027)","startDate":"2020-05-01","endDate":"2020-09-17","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC","EMP"],"addressees":["all licensed health care professionals","hospitals licensed under Health \u0026 Safety Code ch. 241"],"clause":"All licensed health care professionals shall be limited in their practice by, and must comply with, any emergency rules promulgated by their respective licensing agencies dictating minimum standards for safe practice during the COVID-19 disaster. Every hospital licensed under Chapter 241 of the Texas Health and Safety Code shall reserve at least 15 percent of its hospital capacity for treatment of COVID-19 patients.","enforcement":"§ 418.173; licensing agency emergency rules (Texas Medical Board; Texas State Board of Dental Examiners Emergency Rule 108.7, Ex. TX-054/055) given the force of the executive order","functions":["SX surgery (15% capacity reservation)","CH/PR dental practice under board emergency rules","CL clinical intake under board minimum standards","IC infection control"],"notes":"Makes every licensing board\u0027s COVID-19 emergency rule a term of the Governor\u0027s order for every licensed health professional (physicians, dentists, hygienists, therapists, chiropractors, optometrists)","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2020/GA-19.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":358873,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-012","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-012","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-19 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. TX-012)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-054","TX-013","TX-011","TX-014","TX-015","TX-009","TX-010","TX-016","TX-017","TX-018","TX-008","TX-007"]}