Preparedness Stakeholder Information

Hospital Preparedness Program - FFY07/SFY08 Hospital Preparedness Guidance

• Hospital Preparedness Program Guidance .PDF ( 399 kb).DOC (46 kb)
• Partnership Guidance for the Hospital Preparedness Program .PDF (160 kb).DOC (28 kb)
  
  
• Pandemic Influenza Supplement for Medical Surge Capacity and Capability .PDF (260 kb).DOC (344 kb)

The primary purpose of this supplemental one-time funding is to establish stockpiles of critical medical equipment and supplies and as well as to develop plans for maintenance, distribution, and sharing of these resources. The objective is to increase quantities of critical material at the state or sub-state level while minimizing individual hospital storage and/or carrying costs.

Texas was awarded $4.7 million; approximately $4 million will be available for the state to purchase identified items or to further the planning efforts for alternate care sites or mortuary services within the state.

Cooperative Agreement Continuation Guidance (SFY ’08)

• CDC will not issue final Guidance until The Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act has been interpreted
• 8 CDC workgroups (BARDA, training & education, surveillance, informatics, grants, ESF 8, health security strategy, international activities) are convening to resolve issues related to the new legislation. CDC will issue guidance once workgroups complete tasks. Workgroups have 60 days from the start of their process to complete their charge. Meetings are to start this week.

Part I of the FY08 continuation proposal for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative Agreement for Budget Period 8 (BP8) (our state FY08 fiscal year) has been released. This part contains narratives describing preparedness efforts for cross-cutting areas and Target Capabilities that will describe our FY07 mid-year progress in key areas of preparedness (attachment A). Attachment B of this part requires grantees to submit a Financial Status Report (FSR) to estimate financial obligations for Budget Period 7 (State FY07).

2010 Strategic Vision for Health and Medical Preparedness in the State of Texas Litaker Group Report-- Phase 3

In May 2006, the Texas Department of State Health Services contracted with The Litaker Group to conduct a comprehensive assessment of health and medical capabilities statewide and to create a strategic vision for future health and medical preparedness activities.

This project consisted of multiple phases:

(1) Collecting, reviewing, and analyzing documents reporting on current health and medical capabilities;
(2) Obtaining and analyzing stakeholder input from 19 work group sessions throughout Texas regarding current and future preparedness capabilities; and
(3) Developing the 2010 Strategic Vision for Health and Medical Preparedness in Texas.

Phase 1 was completed in August 2006. The data collection portion of Phase 2 was completed in early 2007 and the report emanating from this data is due for release in June 2007.

For Phase 3, we are pleased to report that a draft copy of the 2010 Strategic Vision for Health and Medical Preparedness is now ready for review and comment by all interested individuals and stakeholders.

The draft report is posted on the project website (www.txhps.com/visionpurpose.cfm) and is available for download. We would welcome any comments and feedback that you may have about the report. We prefer that all feedback be submitted online; otherwise, please see the project website for alternate methods to submit feedback. We ask that all comments be provided by the close of business (5PM CDT) Friday July 20, 2007.

If you have any questions about the project or the 2010 Strategic Vision document, please contact Dr Litaker by phone at (512) 329-2780 or email jlitaker@litakergroup.com. Likewise, please feel free to distribute this email to others throughout your organization or to other interested stakeholders.

Interim Progress Report Part I

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act

PDF (158 kb) DOC (185 kb)

Health and Human Services National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program

2007 NBHPP Awardee Conference Call Highlights (DOC 589 kb)
January 18, 2006
4:00 p.m. (EDT)

Last updated September 5, 2007