Executive Order GA-31

The record

Jurisdiction

Texas

Level

State

Authority

Tex. Gov't Code §§ 418.012, 418.016(a)

Issued

2020-09-17 Sept. 17, 2020

Effective

2020-09-17 (immediately) (read as 2020-09-17)

End

2021-03-10 12:01 a.m. (rescinded by GA-34 ¶ 8) (read as 2021-03-10)

In force

Sept. 17, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Health care orders

Addressees

• every hospital licensed under Health & Safety Code ch. 241 (10% capacity reservation statewide; elective postponement in high-hospitalization Trauma Service Areas)

Functions reached

• 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

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 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

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