Disaster and Emergency Planning, Law-Related

CDC Links

• Emergency Preparedness and Response Preparation and Planning
  

Non-CDC Links

• American Bar Association Disaster and Emergency Planning
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Association of State and Territorial Health Officers
• California Department of Health Services
• Center for Law and the Public Health
• National Association of County and City Health Officials
• Center for Law and the Public Health
• State Public Health Information and Analysis

Items

• Checklists on Legal Preparedness for Public Health Emergencies. Together with colleagues at CDC's Public Health Law Program [PHLP], the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials [ASTHO], and the National Association of City and County Health Officials [NACCHO], the Center has developed checklists [as of December, 2004] on three major topics as follows:

  Interjurisdictional legal coordination for public health emergency preparedness
  
  Local government public health emergency legal preparedness and response
  
  Civil legal liability issues and public health emergencies
  
  

  
  
• Five briefing memoranda on public health emergency legal preparedness issues, prepared by the Center for Law and the Public's Health.

   Bioterrorism Surveillance Under HIPAA's Public Health Exception
  
   Proprietary Uses of Reporting Data
  
   Governmental Liability for Non-recipient Harms
  
   Overview of Federal and State Quarantine Authority
  
   State FOIA Exemptions to Combat Terrorism

• Florida.  Strategy for Pandemic Influenza.   A strategy adressing Florida Court operations during an emergency.
  (PDF file).
  (Posted: 04/07/2006 3:00 PM)
  
  
• New Jersey.  DHHS Guidelines on Community Containment of Plague.  A guide to provide instruction and guidance on community-based containment strategies during a biological event.  
  (PDF file).
  (Posted: 05/09/2005 3:00 PM)
  
  
• New York City.  A formalized protocol between the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the New York Police Department, and the New York Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation to conduct joint public health and law enforcement investigations following a bioterrorist attack.
  Cover Letter (PDF file) (PDF file)
  (Posted: 11/30/2004 10:30:00 AM)
  
  
• Texas. The Final Report of the Texas Governor’s Task Force on Evacuation, Transportation, and Logistics. The Task Force report covers lessons learned from the evacuation necessitated by Hurricane Rita.
  (PDF file).
  (Posted: 03/08/2006 8:00 AM)