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FROM: William Walker,M.D., Health Services Director :.' -`
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator Costa
DATE: April 1, 2008 Ta o County
SUBJECT: Approval of the National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program Local Funding Agreement#28-307-3 for Fiscal
Year 2007-2008 with the State Department of,Public Health,Health Resources and Services Administration(HRSA)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director or his designee (Art Lathrop) to
execute, on behalf of the County, Standard Agreement #28-307-3 (#EPO HPP 07-08) with the
State Department of Public Health for the County to receive an amount not to exceed $557,518
for the period September 1, 2007 through August 8, 2008 for the Hospital Preparedness Program
(HPP) and HPP Pandemic Influeriza Supplement for Medical Surge Capacity and Capability
Local Funding Agreement.-Fiscal Year 2007-08 (Year 6 Funding).
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will result in $557,518 of funding from the State to the County
Emergency Medical Services for participation in the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) and
HPP Pandemic Influenza Supplement for Medical Surge Capacity and Capability. No County
funds are required.
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
The California Department of Public Health is a recipient of federal Health and Human Services
(HHS) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), grant awards for Hospital
Preparedness Program (HPP) and HPP Pandemic Influenza Supplement for Medical Surge
Capacity and Capability. The grant to California includes funds to be awarded to each county on
a formula basis to prepare the medical & health system to meet specified HPP activities related to
capabilities of the federal program. In 2007-08, the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) has
been restructured to focus on integration of public health and the medical community and
achieving capabilities such as interoperable communication systems, real time bed capacity
reporting, volunteer registries, and fatality and evacuation management. HPP also focuses on
alternate care sites, mobile medical assets, pharmaceutical caches, NIMS compliance, education
and training, and exercises.
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SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD N APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED_ OTHER
VOTE QF SUPERVI RS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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UNANIMOUS (ABSENT
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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Contact Person: Art Lathrop, 646-4690 1ATTESTED
CC: Health Services Department (Contracts) JOHN tULLEN, CLERK 0 THE BOARD OFSUPERV ORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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Board Order
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#28-307-3
Most of the funds received by the county under this program will be passed on to hospitals and
community clinics, including the Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers, for
training, exercising, and the purchase of equipment and supplies including interoperable
communications equipment.
Three sealed/certified copies of this Board Order should be returned to.the Health Services
Contracts and Grants Unit for submission to the State.