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further ensure that the plan is consistent
with the most current CDC
recommendations and guidance for any
public health actions related to COVID–
19. Where appropriate, a cruise ship
operator may coordinate the
development, implementation, and
operationalization of a plan with other
cruise ship operators, including an
industry trade group.
The terms and conditions of the No
Sail Order and Other Measures Related
to Operations signed on March 14, 2020,
as modified and extended by this order,
shall remain in effect. Consequently, it
remains ordered:
1. Cruise ship operators shall not be
allowed to disembark passengers and
crew members at ports or stations,
except as directed by the USCG, in
consultation with HHS/CDC personnel
and, as appropriate, as coordinated with
Federal, State, and local authorities.
2. Cruise ship operators shall not
reembark any crew member, except as
approved by USCG, in consultation with
HHS/CDC personnel, until further
notice.
3. Cruise ship operators shall not
embark any new passengers or crew,
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discharging waste), except as approved
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other Federal agency instructions to
follow CDC recommendations and
guidance for any public health actions
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needed, including by making ship’s
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collecting any specimens for COVID–19
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periodic reboarding of the ship by HHS/
CDC personnel and/or USCG and/or
other Federal, State, or local agencies or
the taking on of ships’ stores and
provisions under the supervision of
HHS/CDC personnel and/or USCG.
8. This order does not prevent the
ship from taking actions necessary to
maintain the seaworthiness or safety of
the ship, or the safety of harbor
conditions, such as movement to
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directed by USCG personnel.
This Order is effective upon
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shall continue in operation until the
earliest of (1) the expiration of the
Secretary of Health and Human
Services’ declaration that COVID–19
constitutes a public health emergency;
(2) the CDC Director rescinds or
modifies the order based on specific
public health or other considerations; or
(3) 100 days from the date of publication
in the Federal Register.
Authority
The authority for these orders is
Sections 361 and 365 of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 264, 268)
and 42 CFR 70.2, 71.31(b), 71.32(b).
Robert K. McGowan,
Chief of Staff, Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions,
and Delegations of Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention) of the Statement of
Organization, Functions, and
Delegations of Authority of the
Department of Health and Human
Services (45 FR 67772–76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR
69296, October 20, 1980, as amended
most recently at 84 FR 65981, dated
December 12, 2019) is amended to
reorganize the Center for Preparedness
and Response, Deputy Director for
Public Health Service and
Implementation Science, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
Section C–B, Organization and
Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete in its entirety the titles and
functional statements for Division of
State and Local Readiness (CBCB) insert
the following:
Division of State and Local Readiness
(CBCB). The Division of State and Local
Readiness (DSLR): (1) Provides program
support, technical assistance, guidance,
technical integration, and capacity
building of preparedness planning
across public health, healthcare, and
emergency management sectors; and (2)
provides fiscal oversight to state, local,
tribal, and territorial public health
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recipients for the development,
monitoring, and evaluation of public
health capabilities, plans, infrastructure,
and systems to prepare for and respond
to terrorism, outbreaks of disease,
natural disasters, and other public
health emergencies.
Office of the Director (CBCB1). (1)
Provides national leadership and
guidance that supports and advances
the work of state, local, tribal, and
territorial public health emergency
preparedness programs; (2) coordinates
the development of guidelines and
standards for programmatic materials
within the division to provide technical
assistance and program planning at the
state, local, tribal, and territorial level;
(3) represents and communicates the
interests and needs of the state, local,
tribal, and territorial jurisdictions on
state and local preparedness and
response issues; (4) develops and
ensures effective partnerships with
national stakeholders and preparedness
and response partners; (5) provides
oversight and management of division
contracts, recipient awards and fiscal
accountability; and (6) manages the IT
strategy and infrastructure to support
recipient programmatic and fiscal
activities.
Program Implementation Branch
(CBCBB). (1) Provides consultation,
technical assistance, and training to
state, territorial, tribal, and local health
departments in management and
operation of activities to support public
health emergency preparedness
programs and recovery, including the
infrastructure and systems necessary to
manage and use deployed medical
countermeasure assets; (2) facilitates
partnerships between public health
preparedness programs at federal, state,
and local levels to ensure their
consistency, sharing of promising
practices, and integration; (3)
collaborates with and supports other
divisions in CPR and other national
centers across CDC to ensure high
quality technical assistance is available
to the grantees on preparedness
capabilities; (4) monitors programmatic
activities of cooperative agreements of
state, local, tribal, and territorial
organizations to assure program
objectives and key performance
indicators are achieved, including
reviews of Cities Readiness Initiative
response plans; (5) provides assistance
to state and local governments and
public health agencies to prepare for
effective responses to large scale public
health events; (6) evaluates and
identifies gaps in jurisdictional
operational readiness and facilitates
plans and develops tools to address
identified gaps; (7) maintains an
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information sharing platform to post
resources and facilitate the sharing of
best practices across CDC and
jurisdictions; (8) improves the delivery
of technical assistance to the public
health entities; (9) serves as an agent of
information to improve recipient access
to healthcare preparedness tools and
expertise and (10) collaborates with the
Department during exercises or upon a
federal deployment of assets.
Evaluation and Analysis Branch
(CBCBC). (1) Assesses the effectiveness
of the Public Health Emergency
Preparedness (PHEP) Cooperative
Agreement via performance
measurement and evaluation; (2)
develops and coordinates a strategy to
measure and report on jurisdictional
operational readiness; (3) provides
analytic support and evaluation
expertise to DSLR and CPR; and (4)
fosters innovation and efficiency in
evaluation and research through
collaboration with healthcare and health
security partners.
Field Assignee Services Branch
(CBCBD). (1) Works with recipients to
advance state and local preparedness
efforts through placement of CDC field
staff within state and local public health
agencies; (2) provides scientific
participation in development and
implementation of field-based science
initiatives and strategies; (3) provides
situational awareness to CDC leadership
when activated for public health
responses; (4) provides consultation and
technical assistance to state, territorial,
tribal and local health departments in
developing, implementing, and
evaluating CPR activities and
performance in support of CDC
recommendations and those of their
host site; (5) provides direct support for
public health preparedness and
epidemiologic capacity at the state,
territorial, tribal, and local levels; (6)
contributes as leaders in preparedness
and epidemiology for a myriad of public
health issues; (7) participates in the
development of national preparedness
and response policies and guidelines for
public health emergencies and
encourages and facilitates the transfer of
guidelines into clinical and public
health practice; (8) analyzes data to
assess progress toward achieving
program objectives and provides input
for program management and evaluation
reports for publications; (9) serves as
liaison or focal point to assist state,
territorial, tribal, and local partners in
linking with proper resources, contacts,
and obtaining technical assistance; (10)
provides technical supervision and
support for the CDC field staff and
trainees as appropriate; (11) provides
input into the development of branch
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and division policy, priorities, and
operational procedures; (12) serves as an
agent of information or technology
transfer to ensure that effective
methodology in one program is known
and made available to other state and
local programs; (13) analyzes technical
and epidemiologic information to
present at national and international
scientific meetings and publishes
programmatic, surveillance,
epidemiologic information in
collaboration with host agencies; and
(14) develops and implements a
comprehensive training and field
placement program for entry-level
public health preparedness and
response professionals.
Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of
Authority
Part C (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of the
Statement of Organization, Functions, and Delegations of Authority of
the Department of Health and Human Services (45 FR 67772-76, dated
October 14, 1980, and corrected at 45 FR 69296, October 20, 1980, as
amended most recently at 84 FR 65981, dated December 12, 2019) is
amended to reorganize the Center for Preparedness and Response, Deputy
Director for Public Health Service and Implementation Science, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
Section C-B, Organization and Functions, is hereby amended as
follows:
Delete in its entirety the titles and functional statements for
Division of State and Local Readiness (CBCB) insert the following:
Division of State and Local Readiness (CBCB). The Division of State
and Local Readiness (DSLR): (1) Provides program support, technical
assistance, guidance, technical integration, and capacity building of
preparedness planning across public health, healthcare, and emergency
management sectors; and (2) provides fiscal oversight to state, local,
tribal, and territorial public health department Cooperative Agreement
recipients for the development, monitoring, and evaluation of public
health capabilities, plans, infrastructure, and systems to prepare for
and respond to terrorism, outbreaks of disease, natural disasters, and
other public health emergencies.
Office of the Director (CBCB1). (1) Provides national leadership
and guidance that supports and advances the work of state, local,
tribal, and territorial public health emergency preparedness programs;
(2) coordinates the development of guidelines and standards for
programmatic materials within the division to provide technical
assistance and program planning at the state, local, tribal, and
territorial level; (3) represents and communicates the interests and
needs of the state, local, tribal, and territorial jurisdictions on
state and local preparedness and response issues; (4) develops and
ensures effective partnerships with national stakeholders and
preparedness and response partners; (5) provides oversight and
management of division contracts, recipient awards and fiscal
accountability; and (6) manages the IT strategy and infrastructure to
support recipient programmatic and fiscal activities.
Program Implementation Branch (CBCBB). (1) Provides consultation,
technical assistance, and training to state, territorial, tribal, and
local health departments in management and operation of activities to
support public health emergency preparedness programs and recovery,
including the infrastructure and systems necessary to manage and use
deployed medical countermeasure assets; (2) facilitates partnerships
between public health preparedness programs at federal, state, and
local levels to ensure their consistency, sharing of promising
practices, and integration; (3) collaborates with and supports other
divisions in CPR and other national centers across CDC to ensure high
quality technical assistance is available to the grantees on
preparedness capabilities; (4) monitors programmatic activities of
cooperative agreements of state, local, tribal, and territorial
organizations to assure program objectives and key performance
indicators are achieved, including reviews of Cities Readiness
Initiative response plans; (5) provides assistance to state and local
governments and public health agencies to prepare for effective
responses to large scale public health events; (6) evaluates and
identifies gaps in jurisdictional operational readiness and facilitates
plans and develops tools to address identified gaps; (7) maintains an
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information sharing platform to post resources and facilitate the
sharing of best practices across CDC and jurisdictions; (8) improves
the delivery of technical assistance to the public health entities; (9)
serves as an agent of information to improve recipient access to
healthcare preparedness tools and expertise and (10) collaborates with
the Department during exercises or upon a federal deployment of assets.
Evaluation and Analysis Branch (CBCBC). (1) Assesses the
effectiveness of the Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP)
Cooperative Agreement via performance measurement and evaluation; (2)
develops and coordinates a strategy to measure and report on
jurisdictional operational readiness; (3) provides analytic support and
evaluation expertise to DSLR and CPR; and (4) fosters innovation and
efficiency in evaluation and research through collaboration with
healthcare and health security partners.
Field Assignee Services Branch (CBCBD). (1) Works with recipients
to advance state and local preparedness efforts through placement of
CDC field staff within state and local public health agencies; (2)
provides scientific participation in development and implementation of
field-based science initiatives and strategies; (3) provides
situational awareness to CDC leadership when activated for public
health responses; (4) provides consultation and technical assistance to
state, territorial, tribal and local health departments in developing,
implementing, and evaluating CPR activities and performance in support
of CDC recommendations and those of their host site; (5) provides
direct support for public health preparedness and epidemiologic
capacity at the state, territorial, tribal, and local levels; (6)
contributes as leaders in preparedness and epidemiology for a myriad of
public health issues; (7) participates in the development of national
preparedness and response policies and guidelines for public health
emergencies and encourages and facilitates the transfer of guidelines
into clinical and public health practice; (8) analyzes data to assess
progress toward achieving program objectives and provides input for
program management and evaluation reports for publications; (9) serves
as liaison or focal point to assist state, territorial, tribal, and
local partners in linking with proper resources, contacts, and
obtaining technical assistance; (10) provides technical supervision and
support for the CDC field staff and trainees as appropriate; (11)
provides input into the development of branch and division policy,
priorities, and operational procedures; (12) serves as an agent of
information or technology transfer to ensure that effective methodology
in one program is known and made available to other state and local
programs; (13) analyzes technical and epidemiologic information to
present at national and international scientific meetings and publishes
programmatic, surveillance, epidemiologic information in collaboration
with host agencies; and (14) develops and implements a comprehensive
training and field placement program for entry-level public health
preparedness and response professionals.
Sherri A. Berger,
Chief Operating Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2020-07939 Filed 4-14-20; 8:45 am]
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