{"id":"SEC-01-051","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-38","title":"Relating to the continued response to the COVID-19 disaster (no governmental vaccine mandates; face-covering rules)","dateIssued":"2021-07-29","effective":"2021-07-29","end":"Modified by GA-39 (Aug. 25, 2021) and GA-40 (Oct. 11, 2021)","startDate":"2021-07-29","endDate":"2021-08-25","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["VAX","MASK","OTHER"],"addressees":["governmental entities; government-owned hospitals; nursing homes and State supported living centers (face-covering carve-out)"],"clause":"[no governmental entity may compel any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine administered under an emergency use authorization]... [face-covering prohibition on governmental entities does not apply to] state supported living centers, government-owned hospitals, and [other listed facilities]","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code 418.173 (fines up to $1,000 for local officials imposing mask mandates)","functions":["HR (public hospitals barred from staff vaccination mandates)","IC (masking allowed in hospitals)","WF"],"notes":"Constraint in the opposite direction: public hospital districts could not mandate staff vaccination in Q3 2021; private hospitals could until GA-40 (post-period).","sourceUrl":"https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/EO-GA-38_continued_response_to_the_COVID-19_disaster_IMAGE_07-29-2021.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":241457,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-01","url":"/library/SEC-01-051","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-01-051","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-38 (July 29, 2021) (Ex. SEC-01-051)","stateName":"Texas","related":["SEC-01-052"]}