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Mutual Aid
The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, Public Law 109-417, is a
recent and important addition to the federal mutual aid structure. A consortium
of states may be considered an entity eligible for funding under the Act,
and section 201 requires "a description of the mechanism the entity will
implement to utilize the Emergency Management Assistance Compact or other
mutual aid agreements for medical and public health mutual aid." These and
other provisions in the Act concerning the use of mutual aid agreements
to accomplish federal, state, local, and tribal coordination and integration
of resources among those entities are strong evidence of Congressional encouragement
of mutual aid agreements
- Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, & Washington.
Memorandum of Understanding
The purpose of the MOU is to address surge capacity. The MOU describes
the levels and sharing of laboratory services, procedures, responsibilities
and reimbursement for laboratory testing, training and identification
of infectious diseases and/or suspected bioterrorism select agents.
(PDF file)
(Posted: 03/13/2007)
- Cincinnati, Louisville, & Indianapolis.
Mutual Aid
Agreement. The City of Cincinnati, Ohio, City of Louisville, Kentucky
and the City of Indianapolis, Indiana (collectively the “parties”) recognize
the value and the potential need of assisting each other in the event
of some emergency and each city has personnel, equipment, and resources
that could assist the other in an emergency.
(Word file)
(Posted: 03/13/2007)
- Colorado, New Mexico, Utah & Arizona.
Memorandum
of Agreement is entered into by the State of New Mexico Department
of Health and the Public Health Laboratories of Colorado, Utah and Arizona
(PHL) for the purpose of establishing the terms for the provision of
testing clinical specimens and environmental samples within the capabilities
of each of the PHL in order to maintain their continuity of operations
in the event that any of the laboratories is temporarily unable to perform
such testing.
(Word
file)
(Posted: 03/13/2007)
- Great Lakes.
Great Lakes Border
Health Initiative Will facilitate the sharing of public health related
data, both individually identified and population-related, between signatories
for the purpose, and no additional purpose, of preventing, detecting
or responding to a public health event, thus assuring prompt and effective
identification of infectious disease and other agents that could affect
public health in the Great Lakes Region, and to prevent further spread
of disease.
(PDF file)
(Posted: 03/13/2007)
- Pacific Northwest.
Pacific Northwest Emergency
Management Arrangement The governments of the state of Alaska, the
State of Idaho, the State of Oregon, the State of Washington, the Province
of British Columbia, and the Yukon Government are signatories to the
Pacific Northwest Emergency Management Arrangement.
(PDF file)
(Posted: 03/13/2007)
- Illinois. An Intergovernmental
Mutual Aid Agreement to establish cooperative agreements between
the Illinois Department of Public Health and local health departments
to strengthening the public health preparedness system. The Illinois
Public Health Mutual Aid System (IPHMAS) was distributed to local health
departments for consideration.
Full text:
(PDF file)
(Posted: 08/05/2004)
- Washington. A
Memorandum
of Understanding between the Washington State Department of Health
and the British Columbia Ministry of Health to establish shared public
health resources in the event of an emergency.
(PDF
file)
(Posted: 03/13/2007)
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