Sec. 81A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Coronavirus disease public health emergency" means the period:
(A) beginning on the date the public health emergency declared by the United States secretary of health and human services under Section 319, Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Section 247d), on January 31, 2020, with respect to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) took effect; and
(B) ending on the earlier of:
(i) the date the public health emergency described by Paragraph (A) of this subdivision ends; or
(ii) January 1, 2023.
(2) "Health care institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 74.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 588 (S.B. 809), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.