Section 144-258-11 - EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS REPORTINGEmergency preparedness reporting required by the Department, as authorized by 22 MRS §822(2), as amended by An Act To Implement Provisions Necessary to the Health, Welfare and Safety of the Citizens of Maine in Response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency ( Public Law 2020, chapter 617), is in addition to other reporting required under this rule. Reporting under this section must be in a form prescribed by the Department. Designated Health Care Facilities may be required to report on a daily basis or less frequently, as specified by the Department. In the event of a declared Health Emergency or Extreme Public Health Emergency, dynamic reporting may be requested by the Department.
A.Inpatient and Emergency Bed Tracking. Designated Health Care Facilities are required to report electronically to the Department the number of available beds within the facility. Facilities must track daily occupancy by bed type and submit reports to the Department no less frequently than weekly. Reports must be submitted no later than Monday, 11:59 p.m., and must be in in accordance with the electronic data system designated by the Department to collect bed tracking information. In the event of a declared Health Emergency or declared Extreme Public Health Emergency, this information must be provided daily and immediately upon the Department's request.B.Medical Supply Inventory. Designated Health Care Facilities are required to report electronically to the Department information related to medical supply inventory, in accordance with the electronic data system designated by the Department. 1. Designated Health Care Facilities must report monthly the quantities, in stock, of the following medical grade personal protective equipment (PPE): a. N95 respirators, powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs), and other respiratory masks;b. Surgical and non-surgical face masks;e. Disposable gloves; and2. Designated Health Care Facilities must report, on a monthly basis, the number of ventilators and alternative ventilators on site.3. In the event of a declared Health Emergency or declared Extreme Public Health Emergency, in addition to monthly reporting, additional inventory and supply information, which may also include information regarding available pharmaceuticals and testing capacity, must be provided immediately upon the Department's request.C.Emergency management plans. Designated Health Care Facilities are required to submit to the Department an annual summary report of the facility's emergency management plan, using the form prescribed by the Department. The facility must submit the annual report to the Department before March 31 of each year. The annual report must include, at a minimum, information regarding the facility's PPE stockpile and triage planning information. In the event of a declared Health Emergency or declared Extreme Public Health Emergency, the Department may require Designated Health Care Facilities to complete the reporting form, in whole or in part, immediately upon the Department's request.D.Designated contact. Designated Health Care Facilities must provide to the Department contact information for the person who is designated by the facility to respond to the Department's requests for information under this section.E. Designated Health Care Facilities are required to provide any other information reasonably requested by the Department pertaining to the Designated Health Care Facility's emergency management plans and operations. The scope of the Department's requests will be limited to the minimum necessary information.10-144 C.M.R. ch. 258, § 11