What has changed in the April 23, 2020 Local Emergency Directive?
- All persons may leave their residences only to perform certain Essential Activities, to perform work in an Essential Business, Government Service, or in Critical Infrastructure, to engage in Essential Travel or Minimum Basic Operations all as defined herein, or to provide or obtain Retail to Go Services.
- All persons leaving home must wear a face covering as described when leaving home. Exhibit “B” unless:
- Alone in a separate single outdoor space, or
- individuals not of the same household or residence are maintaining consistent separation of six feet or more while engaging in outdoor activity, or
- in the presence of only other members of one’s household and are maintaining consistent separation of six feet or more from people not of one’s household, or
- doing so poses a greater mental or physical health, safety or security risk, to person or the public.
- Social distancing is still required
- Retail to Go is required to strictly comply with all terms required by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) for personal and environment sanitation and, Essential Businesses, CISA defined essential workers, Healthcare Operations, and persons conducting minimum Basic Operations are required to comply with the first section of the DSHS guidance . Exhibit “A”
- Per Governor Abbott’s most recent orders, previously non-essential businesses, may now reopen to provide “retail to go”.
- Walking paths adjacent to a street, park or within a park are now open
- Integrate the Governor’s GA-15 April, 17 Order as to Healthcare Operations
- The Enforcement Section is now changed to allow both Class B and Class C Misdemeanors. It becomes a Class B Misdemeanor if someone had been previously warned or cited.
- There is no longer a required self-quarantine if a person travels more than 100 miles.
- Attached as Exhibit A is the Texas Health & Human Services COVID-19 Guidance for Employers, Employers, etc. & Exhibit B are Face Covering Requirements.
- Only one member of a household can enter stores that sell groceries and certain other essential supplies, unless an individual is handicapped and requires assistance or is a parent of a child for whom there is no alternate care.
- All public facilities providing groceries, home improvement items, animal and household supplies, or pharmaceutical supplies must
- provide hand sanitizer at all entry points
- provide a process to ensure sanitized wipe down of all handles for grocery carts and baskets at all customer entry points,
- enact and ensure social distancing for all customers at entry points, checkout lines and all other areas both inside and outside the facility at all times including prior to opening times, and
- post a list of all reasonable limits of purchase at all entry points.
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