{"id":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-042","kind":"context","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas (Governor; Texas National Guard; Texas Department of State Health Services; Texas Division of Emergency Management); State level","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas National Guard (Maj. Gen. Tracy R. Norris, Adjutant General)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 437; ch. 418","instrument":"Governor\u0027s release, \u0027Governor Abbott, Texas National Guard Announce COVID-19 Mobile Testing Sites\u0027","title":"Mobilization of more than 1,200 Guard personnel in 25 mobile testing teams (45 members each) to sites identified by DSHS, in support of TDEM and DSHS","dateIssued":"2020-04-20","effective":"2020-04-20","end":"Mission continued through 2020 under Title 32 funding","startDate":"2020-04-20","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["OTHER","HC"],"addressees":["Texas National Guard","DSHS and TDEM","communities receiving mobile testing teams"],"clause":"Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas National Guard will be mobilizing more than 1,200 personnel as part of COVID-19 mobile testing teams (MTT). The 45 member teams will be mobilized in various parts of the state providing greater access to medical testing. The areas for these MTTs will be identified by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS)... The teams will have 11 medical professionals and support staff, as well as 34 soldiers. Currently, the Texas National Guard has the capacity to test 150 people per day at each mobile testing team location.","enforcement":"Orders to State active duty (Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 437)","functions":["WF employers of 1,200 mobilized Guard members","IC testing infrastructure","OP"],"notes":"Guard mission assignment (testing) reaching employers whose employees were mobilized and the health-care testing market.","sourceUrl":"https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-texas-national-guard-announce-covid-19-mobile-testing-sites","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":316618,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD","url":"/library/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-042","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-042","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott and the Texas National Guard (Maj. Gen. Tracy R. Norris, Adjutant General), Governor\u0027s release, \u0027Governor Abbott, Texas National Guard Announce COVID-19 Mobile Testing Sites\u0027 (Apr. 20, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-CORRECTIONS-EMA-GUARD-042)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}