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- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418
- Issued
- 2020-06-25 June 25, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-06-26 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-06-26)
- End
- 2020-09-17 (superseded by GA-31) (read as 2020-09-17)
- In force
- June 26, 2020 to Sept. 17, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Health care orders
- Addressees
- hospitals licensed under Health & Safety Code ch. 241 in Bexar, Dallas, Harris and Travis counties (expanded by proclamation)
- Functions reached
- SX surgery and elective procedures in the four largest metropolitan counties
- IP inpatient capacity
- CB patients
- Collection
- Texas TX
Operative words
Every hospital that is licensed under Chapter 241 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, and is also located in Bexar, Dallas, Harris, or Travis counties, 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, as determined by the patient's physician... The governor may by proclamation add to or subtract from the list of counties covered by this prohibition.
Enforcement
Notes
Summer 2020 re-suspension of hospital elective procedures.