Legislation Details

File #: 24-6694    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Grant Status: Passed
File created: 10/16/2024 In control: Commissioners Court
On agenda: 10/29/2024 Final action: 10/29/2024
Title: Request by Public Health Services for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the Texas Department of State Health Services to update certain programmatic reporting deliverable dates for the Monkeypox/Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program.

Department: Public Health Services

Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton ─ Interim Executive Director

 

Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA

Type of Request: Grant

 

Project ID (if applicable): FY24_MPOXHAZARD _STATE

Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Texas Department of State Health Services

 

MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A

MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A

Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request

 

Request Summary (Agenda Caption):

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Request by Public Health Services for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the Texas Department of State Health Services to update certain programmatic reporting deliverable dates for the Monkeypox/Public Health Emergency Preparedness Program.

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Background and Discussion:

The purposed of this amendment/funding is to support the governmental public health response to Mpox (monkeypox), the Texas Department of State Health Services (“DSHS”) is providing Grantee this award to expand vaccination and quickly implement other response activities for Mpox.  These funds will provide urgently needed resources to jurisdictions to implement Mpox response activities, such as case and cluster investigation, vaccination, increasing timeliness and completeness of data reporting on cases and vaccination, community engagement, and activities to increase demand for and access to Mpox vaccines, as well as other response-related activities for Mpox, using a synergistic approach.

 

Expected Impact:

The amendment allows for the continuation of program activities and assures that the intended outcomes of this award- The purpose of this Amendment is to update certain programmatic reporting deliverable dates in support of monkeypox activities

 

Alternative Options:

There are no alternative options

 

Alignment with Goal(s):

_ Justice and Safety

_ Economic Opportunity

_ Housing

X Public Health

_ Transportation

_ Flooding

_ Environment

_ Governance and Customer Service

 

Prior Court Action (if any):

Date

Agenda Item #

Action Taken

01/10/2023

176

Amendment No. 7 Approved

06/27/2023

198

Amendment No. 8 Approved

10/31/2023

224

Amendment No. 9 Approved

 

Location:

Address (if applicable): N/A

Precinct(s): Countywide

 

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Anticipated Court Date: October 29, 2024

Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): October 29, 2024

 

Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item

 

Contact(s) name, title, department: Jennifer Kiger, Director of the Office of Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Emerging Diseases, Public Health Services

 

Attachments (if applicable): Amendment