In the event of an emergency, the City of Lubbock may find it necessary to coordinate disaster behavioral health services or provide medical countermeasures to large numbers of people in the area served by the Department.
This agreement allows for the following services.
• StarCare Specialty Health System will be allowed to coordinate the recruitment, credentialing, and assignment of mental health professionals in order to provide disaster behavioral health services. This agreement will go into effect upon the official request from the Department.
• StarCare Specialty Health System will be allowed to dispense medical countermeasures to their staff, staff’s families, and their clientele, in order to prevent the spread of an infectious disease. This agreement will go into effect only if the State Commissioner of Health or the Lubbock Health Authority declares that large scale immunizations or treatment is necessary as a control measure, for an outbreak of communicable disease or if mass prophylaxis against a bioterrorism agent or other infectious disease is required.
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