To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Public Health Reserve Corp (PHRC) State Standard Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the attached state standard MOU with the CDPH to accept state-assigned personnel to assist with public health emergency response;
2. Authorize the Director of Public Health, or a designee thereof, to sign the MOU; and
3. Authorize the Director of Public Health, or a designee thereof, to sign all future amendments and documents directly related to the MOU upon review and approval of County Counsel and Risk Management.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Funds (1175).
DISCUSSION:
CDPH established the PHRC, which gives state employees the opportunity to be trained as part of a strike team that can provide support in (a) any Governor-declared state of emergency that poses a risk to public health emergency, and/or (b) when CDPH determines that there is a need for additional personnel to support the State of California or local health officers in responding to any of the following: a public health emergency declared pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 101080, a significant outbreak of a contagious, infectious, or communicable disease, or other significant or catastrophic events, where immediate public health measures and actions are needed (a) and (b) hereinafter each alone or together "State of Emergency". Such volunteers ("PHRC Personnel") can be deployed to support Local Health Jurisdictions (LHJs) during a State of Emergency.
CDPH shall assign PHRC Personnel to assist the county with its State of Emergency response by providing administrative, technical, and/or operational support ("Services"). The number of assigned PHRC Personnel will be based on availability and CDPH's sole and exclusive discretion. Each individual PHRC Personnel will only...
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