{"id":"TX-009","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Texas","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Governor Greg Abbott","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code §§ 418.012, 418.016(a), 418.173","instrument":"Executive Order GA-15","title":"Relating to hospital capacity during the COVID-19 disaster","dateIssued":"2020-04-17","effective":"2020-04-21 11:59 p.m.","end":"2020-05-08 11:59 p.m. (superseded by GA-19 as of 2020-05-01 12:01 a.m.)","startDate":"2020-04-21","endDate":"2020-05-08","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all licensed health care professionals","all licensed health care facilities"],"clause":"All licensed health care professionals and all licensed health care facilities shall postpone all surgeries and procedures that are not medically necessary to diagnose or correct a serious medical condition of, or to preserve the life of, a patient who without timely performance of the surgery or procedure would be at risk for serious adverse medical consequences or death, as determined by the patient\u0027s physician; provided, however, that this prohibition shall not apply to either of the following: 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% 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, whether federal, state, or local, for the duration of the COVID-19 disaster.","enforcement":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 418.173; HHSC certification","functions":["SX surgery and elective procedures","PR dental procedures","OC outpatient diagnostics","SC PPE (facilities performing electives forgo public PPE)","CB patients"],"notes":"Conditional loosening of GA-09: elective procedures permitted only at facilities reserving 25 percent capacity and forgoing public PPE","sourceUrl":"https://lrl.texas.gov/scanned/govdocs/Greg%20Abbott/2020/GA-15.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":393736,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"TX","url":"/library/TX-009","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/TX-009","citation":"Governor Greg Abbott, Executive Order GA-15 (Apr. 17, 2020) (Ex. TX-009)","stateName":"Texas","related":["TX-010","TX-011","TX-012","TX-013","TX-014","TX-015","TX-008","TX-007","TX-006","TX-016","TX-005","TX-004"]}