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Ex. GA-044 Order Primary source read

Executive Order 08.25.21.01

Providing additional Georgia National Guard troops to be used in response to the State of Emergency for Continued COVID-19 Economic Recovery

Governor Brian P. Kemp · Georgia (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Georgia
Level
State
Authority
O.C.G.A. 38-3-51
Issued
2021-08-25 Aug. 25, 2021
Effective
2021-08-25
End
until the Economic Recovery State of Emergency is terminated or ceases to be renewed (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Aug. 25, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q3
Limitation types
Emergency declarationHealth care orders
Addressees
  • Georgia Department of Defense
  • hospitals
Functions reached
  • IP hospital surge staffing
  • HC health care infrastructure
  • WF (Guard members called to State Active Duty)
Collection
Georgia GA

Operative words

Continued assistance from the Georgia National Guard is necessary to ensure the complete restoration of the social and economic welfare of the state from the negative impacts of COVID-19... [the Georgia Department of Defense provide an additional eight] hundred (900) Georgia National Guard troops to be used in response [to this State of Emergency, bringing the total authorization to 1,000] troops.

Enforcement

Directive to the Georgia Department of Defense

Notes

Delta-wave hospital surge order; followed by EO 08.30.21.01 (2,500 troops) (Ex. GA-045). Press accounts placed Guard medical teams in Georgia hospitals from late August 2021.

Retrieval note

OCR read; troop total bracketed from context.