{"id":"DUT-TX-009","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.)","authority":"Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code §§ 81.002, 81.003(7), 81.082(d); Governor\u0027s disaster proclamation of March 13, 2020 (Ex. TX-001)","instrument":"Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervals","title":"Declaration of Public Health Disaster","dateIssued":"2020-03-19","effective":"2020-03-19","end":"30 days, renewable (§ 81.082(d)).","startDate":"2020-03-19","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["EMER","DUTY"],"addressees":["persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises"],"clause":"has created an immediate threat, poses a high risk of death to a large number of people and creates a substantial risk of public exposure because of the disease\u0027s method of transmission and evidence that there is community spread in Texas.","enforcement":"Tex. Health \u0026 Safety Code §§ 81.085(h), 81.087 (Exs. DUT-TX-005, DUT-TX-006)","functions":[],"notes":"The Commissioner\u0027s determination under § 81.003(7)(B) that COVID-19 presented an immediate threat, which with the Governor\u0027s disaster declaration constituted a \u0027public health disaster\u0027 and activated the enlarged control-measure powers of §§ 81.082(d), 81.084(b) and (d-1) and 81.085(i) over persons and property statewide. Character as recorded: executive_declaration (Commissioner\u0027s public health disaster declaration activating Health \u0026 Safety Code ch. 81 control-measure powers; statutory_duty layer).","sourceUrl":"https://dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/docs/DECLARATION-PublicHealthDisaster.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200324204323/https://dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/docs/DECLARATION-PublicHealthDisaster.pdf","fileExists":false,"fileBytes":0,"grade":"secondary","character":"executive_declaration","description":"","collection":"DUT-TX","url":"/library/DUT-TX-009","exhibitUrl":null,"citation":"Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services (John Hellerstedt, M.D.), Declaration of Public Health Disaster (March 19, 2020), renewed at 30-day intervals (Mar. 19, 2020) (Ex. DUT-TX-009)","stateName":"Texas","related":["DUT-TX-008","DUT-TX-005","DUT-TX-006","DUT-TX-004"]}