{"content":[{"text":"Crown Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center \n Pandemic Emergency Plan","bbox":{"left":0.299804,"top":0.091574,"width":0.400376,"height":0.034203}},{"text":"Date Submitted to Department of Health: September 15, 2020","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.143847,"width":0.5101960000000001,"height":0.01677899999999999}},{"text":"Infectious diseases are caused by pathogenic microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, \n parasites or fungi. The circumstances of infectious disease emergencies, including ones that \n rise to the level of a pandemic, vary by multiple factors, including type of biological agent, \n scale of exposure, mode of transmission and intentionality. \n The facility follows effective strategies for preventing infectious diseases. Each county \n Local Health Department-(LHD) has prevention agenda priorities compiled from \n community health assessments that can be reviewed and utilized by the facility in fully \n developing your CEMP Annex E, planning and response checklist for infectious disease \n and pandemic situations. The information within this Annex includes the identified \n priorities and focus areas. \n Under the Pandemic Emergency Plan (PEP) requirements of Chapter 114 of the Laws of \n 2020, special focus is required for pandemics. Please use the template’s Appendix E and \n this Hazard Annex, with prompts for the PEP requirements, to ensure that the plans \n developed meet all requirements. \n Chapter 114 of the Laws of 2020 (full text): \n Section 2803 of the public health law is amended by adding a new subdivision 12 to read as \n follows: \n 12. (a) each residential health care facility shall, no later than Ninety days after the \n effective date of this subdivision and annually thereafter, or more frequently as may be \n directed by the commissioner, prepare and make available to the public on the facility's \n website, and immediately upon request, in a form acceptable to the commissioner, a \n pandemic emergency plan which shall include but not be limited to: \n (i) a communication plan: \n (a) to update authorized family members and guardians of infected residents at least once \n per day and upon a change in a resident's condition and at least once a week to update all \n residents and authorized families and guardians on the number of infections and deaths at \n the facility, by electronic or such other means as may be selected by each authorized family \n member or guardian; and \n (b) that includes a method to provide all residents with daily access, \n At no cost, to remote videoconference or equivalent communication methods with family \n members and guardians; and \n (ii) protection plans against infection for staff, residents and families, including: \n (a) a plan for hospitalized residents to be readmitted to such residential health care \n facility after treatment, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations; and \n (b) a plan for such residential health care facility to maintain or contract to have at least \n a two-month supply of personal protective equipment; and \n (iii) a plan for preserving a resident's place in a residential healthcare facility if such \n resident is hospitalized, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. \n (b) the residential health care facility shall prepare and comply with the pandemic \n emergency plan. Failure to do so shall be a violation of this subdivision and may be subject \n to civil penalties pursuant to section twelve and twelve-b of this chapter.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.181877,"width":0.760092,"height":0.713673}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}