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Roles and Responsibility for Alternate Care Site

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The California Emergency Services Act recognizes the role of the State and its political subdivisions to mitigate the effects of an emergency.
From this authority, local governments can contract with local public and private entities to establish an Alternate Care Site (ACS).
Under the CDPH [California Department of Public Health] Pandemic Influenza Response Plan, local health departments (LHD) are responsible for identifying and planning for the operations of government authorized ACSs.
It is not the expectation that LHDs operate ACSs.
Local government has the responsibility to set-up and operate ACS.

Speaker's Notes:

The California Emergency Services Act recognizes the role of the State and its political subdivisions to mitigate the effects of an emergency.
Stemming from this authority, local governments can contract with local public and private entities to establish an ACS in efforts to mitigate the effects of man-made or natural catastrophic disasters.
Under the CDPH Pandemic Influenza Response Plan, local health departments (LHD) are responsible for identifying and planning for the operations of government authorized ACSs.
LHDs lack the expertise to operate ACSs; it is NOT the expectation that LHDs operate ACSs; LHDs are responsible for identifying and planning for the operation of ACSs.
Local government has the responsibility to set-up and operate ACS and this effort will require involvement from public and private partners in a community planning effort.

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