To: Harris County Commissioners Court
Through: Gwen J. Sims, Interim Executive Director, Public Health Services
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Prepared By: William Hudson, Director, Office of Financial & Support Services
Subject: Amendment to MOA with HCPH and CDC Foundation
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Request by Public Health Services for approval of an amendment to a Memorandum of Agreement with Harris County Public Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Inc.
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Background and Discussion:
CDC Foundation members play a vital role in the HCPH’s ongoing response to COVID-19 in the greater Houston area. These individuals have been employed primarily as case investigators in our Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), where they investigate COVID-19 cases within congregate setting, such as schools, nursing homes & workplace. Another area of great importance to HCPH’s overall COVID-response mission is the processing and investigation of “probably cases”, or those investigations that arise from positive antigen results, which are also handled by our CDC Foundation members.
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Alignment with Strategic Objective:
• Enhance HCPH capacity to conduct local surveillance and assessment activities in order to monitor health and environmental conditions with an emphasis on the priority public health issues.
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