LEGAL PREPAREDNESS FOR PANDEMIC FLU - WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2006
AGENDA
8:15
Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00
Welcome and Setting the Context Marice Ashe, JD, MPH;
Director, Public Health Law Program, Public Health Institute
9:10
Epidemiology of Avian Flu The science of avian flu and other emerging infectious diseases Tomás Aragón, MD, PhD; Director, Center for Infectious Disease Preparedness, UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
9:45
Public Health Tools and Practice Legal actions that can taken by public health agencies to prevent and manage communicable diseases Tony Iton, MD, JD, MPH; Public Health Officer, Alameda County
Issues to be discussed include:
Disease surveillance
Disease control
Inspection of records
Inspection of property
Examination of persons
Isolation and quarantine and other restrictions of physical liberty
Prophylaxis, treatment, and vaccination
Decontamination, and destruction of property
Resource Coordination
Communications
Commandeering of property
Conscription of personnel
Confidentiality
10:15
Break
10:30
Public Health Law In Practice: A Case Study On Pandemic Flu A hypothetical focusing on a potential avian flu outbreak on a college campus located in a densely populated urban environment will be presented. The story will unfold over a simulated two-week period. Panelists will respond to the medical facts as they emerge and comment on the legal authority of public health agencies to take action, the legal obligations of the healthcare sector and private employers to work with government agencies, and ethical perspectives on how decisions will be made in the face of medical and legal uncertainties.
Panelists include:
Tomás Aragón, MD, PhD; UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Marice Ashe, JD, MPH; Director, Public Health Law Program (moderator)
Peter Baldridge, JD; Deputy Counsel, California Department of Health Services
Brenda Carlson, JD; Deputy County Counsel, San Mateo County
Tony Iton, MD, JD, MPH; Public Health Director, Alameda County
Steve Lipton, JD; Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine
Ellen Miyasato; Assistant Regional Counsel, US Department of Health & Human Services
Jeffrey Tanenbaum, JD; Partner, Nixon Peabody
Noon
Lunch - Please select
No Preference
Vegetarian
Kosher
Other (specify)
12:45
Break-Out Session I
Healthcare Track - Select A, B, or C
Employment Track - Select A or B
A1 - Licensing Facilities and Credentialing Personnel
John Chesley, Ropes & Gray
Abbie Maliniak, Fulbright & Jaworski
Bud Pate, Practice Director, Clinical
Operations Improvement, The Greeley
Company; former Director of
Accreditation and Licensing for Kaiser
Foundation Hospitals
(Southern California)
David Vukadinovich, Senior Counsel,
Catholic Healthcare West
Providing Services in Excess of Capacity
Temporary Expansion of Capacity (portable facilities)
Alternate Uses of Facility Space and Resources
Compliance with Staffing Ratios
Credentialing for Responders
Scope of Duties
Provision of Services in Excess of Scope of Practice
~ OR ~
B1 - Patient Care Issues Carole Klove, Chief Compliance and
Privacy Officer, UCLA Healthcare
Peerapong Tantamjarik, Davis Wright
Tremaine
David Witt, MD, Infectious Disease
Physician; Co-chair, Clinical Work
Group, Healthcare Continuity
Management, Kaiser Permanente
During Epidemic or Public Health Emergency
Exchange of PHI under HIPAA Privacy Rule
California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act
(Civ. Code § 56 et seq)
Training Personnel
A2 - Protecting Employee Safety and Health: Cal/OSHA Compliance During A Bio-Event Allyce Kimerling, Staff Counsel,
Cal/OSHA
Jeffrey Tanenbaum, Nixon Peabody
IIPP Obligations
EAP Obligations
Communicable Illness Guidelines/ Regulations
Workplace Security Issues
Contingent Workforce Safety and Health
The Proposed Cal/OSHA Aerosol Transmissible Disease Standard
~ OR ~
B2 - Critical Staffing Issues During A Bio-Event
Marjorie Fochtman, Nixon Peabody
Jennifer Walt, Partner, Littler Mendelson
Communication with Employees Overtime and other Wage and Hour Issues
Leaves of Absence
The Contingent Workforce and Emergency/Supplemental Staffing
Alternative Workplace Issues
Managing Travel Restrictions
Benefit Programs
2:00
Break
2:15
Break-Out Session II
Healthcare Track - Select C
Employment Track - Select C or D
C1 - Open Forum with State and Local Government Attorneys and Hospital Organizations
Marice Ashe, Public Health Law Program
Brenda Carlson, Deputy County Counsel,
San Mateo County
Steve Lipton, Davis Wright Tremaine
Ellen Miyasato, Assistant Regional
Counsel, US Department of
Health & Human Services
Robert Ragland, Deputy County Counsel,
Los Angeles County
Jeff Sconyers, Vice President & General
Counsel, Children's Hospital & Regional
Medical Center
What do the Public and Private Sectors Need from Each Other?
How Do They Communicate in Crisis Conditions?
C2 - Mandating healthcare for employees?
Brian Ashe, Seyfarth Shaw
Kamili Dawson, Seyfarth Shaw
Jennifer Walt, Littler Mendelson
The Intersection of Cal/OSHA, Employee Privacy Law and the ADA
Requiring Vaccinations
Medical Screening
Isolation and Quarantine
Return to Work Examinations/Release to Return
~ OR ~
D2 - A Model Bio-Event Emergency Response And Recovery Plan For Employers Allyce Kimerling, Staff Counsel,
Cal/OSHA
Jeffrey Tanenbaum, Nixon Peabody
Overview
Coordination with Public Health Officials and Emergency Responders
Communication Systems
Cal/OSHA Compliance
Medical Issues
Staffing Issues and Restrictions
Leaves of Absence
Benefit Programs
Community Service Initiatives
3:30
Closing Plenary: Developing Public Private Partnerships for Pandemic Flu Response
Howard Backer, MD, MPH; Chief, Immunization Branch, Chief Medical Consultant, Emergency Preparedness, California Department of Health Services
Skip Skivington, National Director, Healthcare Continuity Management, Kaiser Permanente