{"id":"TX-024","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-31","title":"Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster","dateIssued":"2020-09-17","effective":"2020-09-17 (immediately)","end":"2021-03-10 12:01 a.m. (rescinded by GA-34 ¶ 8)","startDate":"2020-09-17","endDate":"2021-03-10","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["every hospital licensed under Health \u0026 Safety Code ch. 241 (10% capacity reservation statewide; elective postponement in high-hospitalization Trauma Service Areas)"],"clause":"Every hospital that is licensed under Chapter 241 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, and is also located in an area with high hospitalizations as defined below, shall postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not medically necessary to diagnose or correct a serious medical condition of, or to preserve the life of, a patient who without timely performance of the surgery or procedure would be at risk for serious adverse medical consequences or death... Furthermore, every hospital that is licensed under Chapter 241... shall reserve at least 10 percent of its hospital capacity for treatment of COVID-19 patients.","enforcement":"§ 418.173; HHSC determination of capacity; DSHS list of high-hospitalization areas","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures (postponed in 18 of 22 Trauma Service Areas by January 15, 2021, Ex. TX-026)","IP inpatient capacity (10% reserve statewide)","CB patients and referral sources"],"notes":"The winter 2020-21 elective-procedure suspension: automatically triggered in every Trauma Service Area exceeding 15 percent COVID-19 hospitalizations for seven days","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2020/GA-31.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":411539,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-024","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-024","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-31 (Sept. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-024)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-026","MET-DFW-051","TX-023","TX-025","TX-051","TX-022","TX-027","TX-020","TX-021"]}