HHS Announces Another Installment
of State Bioterrorism Money
September 5, 2003 - The Department of Health and Human
Services Sept. 2 announced
that another $1.4 billion has been made available to the states,
territories and three metropolitan areas to help strengthen
their capacity to respond to terrorism and other public health
emergencies. The money allows states to continue to upgrade
and improve their public health systems and hospitals.
The funding is awarded as two separate but interrelated cooperative
agreements, with $870 million from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention to strengthen public health preparedness
and $498 million from the Health Resources and Services Administration
to address surge capacity at hospitals and other health care
facilities. This funding follows the initial investment $1.1
billion awarded to the states for bioterrorism preparedness
in FY 2003. Of this amount, states have drawn down about $563
million.
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