{"id":"SEC-01-046","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"01","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code ch. 418","instrument":"Executive Order GA-15","title":"Relating to hospital capacity and personal protective equipment","dateIssued":"2020-04-17","effective":"2020-04-21 11:59 p.m.","end":"2020-05-08 11:59 p.m. (superseded by GA-19 May 1, 2020)","startDate":"2020-04-21","endDate":"2020-05-08","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC","CAP"],"addressees":["all licensed health care professionals and facilities"],"clause":"beginning at 11:59 p.m. on April 21, 2020, and continuing until 11:59 p.m. on May 8, 2020:... postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not medically necessary to diagnose or correct a serious medical condition... [exceptions:] any procedure that... would not deplete the hospital capacity or the personal protective equipment needed to cope with the COVID-19 disaster; or any surgery or procedure performed in a licensed health care facility that has certified in writing to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission both: (1) that it will reserve at least 25 percent of its hospital capacity for treatment of COVID-19 patients... and (2) that it will not request any personal protective equipment from any public source... for the duration of the COVID-19 disaster.","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.173","functions":["SX","IP 25 percent reserve","SC PPE","OF certification"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2020/GA-15.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":393736,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-046","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-01-046","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-15 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-046)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-01-047","SEC-01-045","SEC-01-048"]}