{"ref":"TX-HH-EP-01","title":"Emergency Preparedness Program","category":"Emergency preparedness","summary":"Sets out the Agency’s emergency preparedness program: the all-hazards risk assessment, the written emergency preparedness and response plan, the disaster coordinator and alternate, continuity of operations, patient triage categories and individual patient emergency plans, help registering with STEAR, the communication plan, staff training, annual drills and exercises, notices to HHSC, and how Texas annual requirements and federal two-year requirements fit together.","inShort":["Our disaster coordinator is Avery Sample; the alternate is Jamie Sample.","Every patient has an emergency plan and a triage level. Review them at each recertification.","Offer to help patients who may need evacuation help register with STEAR by calling 2-1-1.","When the plan is activated, check in with the office and call your patients as instructed.","Never drive into flood water or travel when officials say not to. Tell the office if you cannot reach a patient."],"primaryCitation":"42 CFR §484.102","citations":["26 TAC §558.256","Tex. Health & Safety Code §142.0201","Tex. Gov’t Code ch. 418","26 TAC §558.301","26 TAC §558.287"],"federalCitations":["42 CFR §484.102","42 CFR §484.55","45 CFR §164.510(b)(4)"],"surveyorAsks":["Who is your disaster coordinator, and who is the alternate? Show me where the plan designates them by title.","Show me your risk assessment and the date of your last internal review of the plan."],"forms":[{"ref":"TX-HH-EP-01-A","title":"Patient Emergency Plan"}],"headings":["Terms of Reference","1. Purpose","2. Scope","3. Definitions","4. Policy Statement (42 CFR §484.102; 26 TAC §558.256)","5. Risk Assessment and the Written Plan","6. Patient Triage, Evacuation Assistance, and STEAR","7. Patient Emergency Plans and Education","8. Communication Plan","9. Response and Recovery Procedure","10. Training, Drills, Exercises, and Review","11. Staff Summary","12. Responsibilities","13. Records and Compliance Monitoring","14. Staff Training","15. References","16. Related Policies and Forms","17. Approval","18. Revision History"],"version":"1.0","sample":false,"pack":"tx-lhhs","state":"Texas","service":"Home health","guides":[{"path":"/guides/home-health-emergency-preparedness/","h1":"What does a home health emergency preparedness plan need to include?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-agency-policies/","h1":"What policies and procedures are required for home health agencies?"},{"path":"/guides/home-health-conditions-of-participation/","h1":"Home health Conditions of Participation: which policies each one needs"}],"agency":{"name":"Sample Home Health Agency","legalName":"Sample Home Health Agency, LLC","logo":null}}