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DATE: March 10, 2016
To: Brian McDougal, City Manager
From: Judith A. Smith,RN, BSN 910
RE: Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Port Arthur Health Department
and The Medical Center of Southeast Texas, LP.
Nature of the Request: This Memorandum of Understanding is between the City of Port Arthur
Health Department and The Medical Center of Southeast Texas, LP. The Medical Center of
Southeast Texas will serve as a dispensing site for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) in the
event that the stockpile is requested to address a large-scale communicable disease outbreak or
bioterrorism event for the period of April 1, 2016 through April 1, 2018.
Staff Analysis, Considerations: None
Recommendations: It is recommended that the City Council approve P.R. No.19265,
authorizing the City Manager and the City Health Director to execute the Memorandum of
Understanding between the City of Port Arthur Health Department and the Medical Center of
Southeast Texas, LP, for the facility to serve as a dispensing site for Strategic national Stockpile.
Budget Considerations:None
"REMEMBER WE ARE HERE TO SERVE THE CITIZENS OF PORT ARTHUR"
P.O.BOX 1089•PORT ARTHUR, TX 77641-1089.409/'983-8101•FAX 409/982-6743
P. R. NO. 19265
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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR
AND THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS FOR
USE OF HOSPITAL FACILITIES IN THE EVENT OF A PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interests of the City of Port Arthur and The
Medical Center of Southeast Texas to authorize a Memorandum of Understanding as it
pertains to the use of hospital facilities during a public health emergency which may
result from natural or man-made causes during the period from 04/01/2016 through
04/01/2018.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR:
Section 1. That,the facts and opinions in the preamble are true and correct;
Section 2. That, the City Manager and City's Health Director are herein
authorized to execute the Memorandum of Understanding in substantially the same form
as attached hereto as Exhibit"A".
Section 3. That, a copy of the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the
Minutes of the City Council.
READ, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED, this day of March 2016
A.D., at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas by the
following Vote:
P. R. NO. 19265
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AYES: Mayor:
Council members:
NOES:
Mayor
ATTEST:
Sherri Bellard, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Val Tizeno, City torney
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
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Brian McDougal, City Manager Juttith Smith, RN, BSN
Director of Health Services
EXHIBIT "A"
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
for
Treatment Center Dispensing
This Memorandum of Understanding is entered into by and between the City of Port
Arthur Health Department and:
THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS,LP
2555 JIMMY JOHNSON BOULEVARD
PORT ARTHUR, TX 77642
The Facility named above hereby acknowledges its intent to serve as a treatment center
dispensing site for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) in the event that the stockpile is
requested to address a large-scale communicable disease outbreak or bioterrorism event from
April 1, 2016 through April 1, 2018.
I FACILITY
The Facility agrees to do the following:
1. Receive and distribute the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS)to all of its staff, family
members and patients.
2. Designate three points of contact in case of emergency:
• An administrative point of contact, who will serve as the primary point of
contact for the delivery of SNS to treatment facility.
• A back up administrative point of contact in the instance that the primary
contact is not available.
• A DEA Registrant point of contact, who will work with CITY OF PORT
ARTHUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT and local law enforcement to accept
the delivery of the SNS.
• A back up DEA Registrant point of contact in the event the primary contact is
not available.
3. Allow the facility to be listed in a confidential annex to the local plan to distribute the
Strategic National Stockpile (SNS).
4. Coordinate with CITY OF PORT ARTHUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT to return
unused SNS supplies.
II. CITY OF PORTARTHUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The CITY OF PORT ARTHUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT agrees to do the following:
1. Provide a point of contact person to answer questions that the facility may have about the
contents of this MOU, epidemiological/bioterrorism events, coordination efforts, etc.
2. Coordinate in the distribution of the SNS in South Jefferson County.
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR
Brian McDougal Date
City Manager
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eadith Smith, RN, BSN Date
Director of Health Services
THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS,LP
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