{"id":"SEC-01-047","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-19","title":"Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster","dateIssued":"2020-04-27","effective":"2020-05-01 12:01 a.m.","end":"2020-09-17 (superseded by GA-31)","startDate":"2020-05-01","endDate":"2020-09-17","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["HC","CAP"],"addressees":["all licensed hospitals; licensed health care professionals"],"clause":"beginning at 12:01 a.m. on May 1, 2020: [every hospital licensed under Chapter 241 shall] reserve at least 15 percent of its hospital capacity for treatment of COVID-19 patients, accounting for the range of clinical severity... This executive order will supersede Executive Order GA-15 as of 12:01 a.m. on May 1, 2020... and shall remain in effect and in full force until modified, amended, rescinded, or superseded by the governor.","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.173","functions":["IP 15 percent reserve","SX","OF"],"notes":"The 15 percent reserve ran May 1 to Sept. 17, 2020, when GA-31 replaced it with the trauma-service-area trigger.","sourceUrl":"https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-19_hospital_capacity_COVID-19.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":333560,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-047","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-01-047","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-19 (Apr. 27, 2020) (Ex. SEC-01-047)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-01-046","SEC-01-045","SEC-01-048"]}