| Covid-19 | Jul 14, 2020

HHS Releases May and June COVID-19 State Testing Plans, Guidance for Updating Testing Plans Moving Forward

HHS released May and June COVID-19 testing plans submitted by states, territories, and localities that received COVID-19 testing funding via the CDC Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement, including the $10.25 billion in Stimulus “3.5” funding distributed specifically for testing purposes. Notably, complete 2020 testing plans, which include states’ testing plans through the end of the year, are due to CDC today, July 10. HHS published updated instructions for completion of these testing plans, noting that a group of experts from the CDC and HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) reviewed the initially-submitted testing plans and provided feedback to states.HHS released May and June COVID-19 testing plans submitted by states, territories, and localities that received COVID-19 testing funding via the CDC Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement, including the $10.25 billion in Stimulus “3.5” funding distributed specifically for testing purposes. Notably, complete 2020 testing plans, which include states’ testing plans through the end of the year, are due to CDC today, July 10. HHS published updated instructions for completion of these testing plans, noting that a group of experts from the CDC and HHS Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH) reviewed the initially-submitted testing plans and provided feedback to states.%MCEPASTEBIN%