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Executive Order GA-10

Relating to daily reporting during the COVID-19 disaster

Governor Greg Abbott · Texas (State)

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Jurisdiction
Texas
Level
State
Authority
Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418
Issued
2020-03-24 Mar. 24, 2020
Effective
2020-03-24 11:59 p.m. (read as 2020-03-24)
End
Not superseded by any later order (GA-34, GA-35 and GA-36 expressly preserve GA-10); the reporting duties were restated in GA-38 ¶ 1 on 2021-07-29; in force through 2021-09-30 (read as 2021-07-29)
In force
Mar. 24, 2020 to July 29, 2021
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Health care ordersWorkplace rules
Addressees
  • all licensed hospitals
  • every public or private entity utilizing an FDA-approved COVID-19 test
Functions reached
  • IP inpatient units (capacity reporting)
  • DX diagnostics and laboratory (daily test reporting by every testing entity, including physician practices, pharmacies, employers and laboratories)
  • OF administration
Collection
Texas TX

Operative words

All hospitals licensed under Chapter 241 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, and all Texas state-run hospitals, except for psychiatric hospitals, shall submit to DSHS daily reports of hospital bed capacity, in the manner prescribed by DSHS.... Every public or private entity that is utilizing an FDA-approved test, including an emergency use authorization test, for human diagnostic purposes of COVID-19, shall submit to DSHS, as well as to the local health department, daily reports of all test results, both positive and negative.

Enforcement

Tex. Gov't Code § 418.173

Notes

Continuous force-of-law reporting duty on every entity conducting COVID-19 testing, in force in every quarter including 2021 Q3