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Appendix 13-B<br />

notification system tool on Commerce to post and send the notification<br />

themselves. As a backup, they may forward the notification to HINWeb.<br />

BHNSM staff members are available on a 24/7 basis to follow programmatic<br />

instructions on posting and/or sending the message.<br />

2. NYSDOH program area generated notifications: program area staff within<br />

NYSDOH that are designated as valid senders of notifications may send a request<br />

for posting and sending a notification to HINWEB.<br />

3. Agreements on format of the message to be posted and mode of receipt must be<br />

obtained with submitting agencies.<br />

4. Organizations issuing an original notification are the only valid senders for any<br />

subsequent updates to that notification.<br />

Cascading Notification Flow across agencies<br />

Federal<br />

Agencies<br />

other<br />

NYSDOH<br />

agencies, or<br />

agencies<br />

from other<br />

states<br />

Hospitals and other<br />

regulated entities,<br />

e.g., long term care.<br />

All other hospitals;<br />

other entities within<br />

their jurisdiction,<br />

i.e., LHD, long term<br />

care.<br />

Other state<br />

agencies<br />

e.g. SEMO,<br />

CSCIC, AG &<br />

Markets,<br />

State<br />

Insurance<br />

Dept.<br />

Each<br />

agency’s<br />

own<br />

constituents<br />

NYSDOH<br />

Central<br />

Office<br />

(Health<br />

alert bml)<br />

Additional<br />

appropriate<br />

local LHD<br />

personnel as<br />

well as all<br />

other LHDs.<br />

NYSDOH<br />

regional<br />

offices<br />

LHDs;<br />

NYCDOHMH<br />

For local<br />

event, local<br />

jurisdiction<br />

hospitals and<br />

other<br />

facilities, e.g.,<br />

nursing<br />

homes.<br />

Local<br />

jurisdiction<br />

emergency<br />

response<br />

partners<br />

Homeland Security Threat Levels<br />

Although the Federal government may choose to elevate the National Homeland Security<br />

threat level, NYS may not change the NYS Homeland Security threat level in conjunction<br />

with Federal activity. It is important, however, to notify NYSDOH partners in public<br />

health preparedness of the status of the State’s decision with respect to Federal action.<br />

Therefore, an advisory message will be sent by NYSDOH to its constituents notifying<br />

them of this status. A guide booklet has been distributed to all the counties outlining the<br />

set of actions each constituent group should take under each specific threat level. This set<br />

of standard activities is available on the HAN under the “Public Health Preparedness and<br />

<strong>Plan</strong>ning” subsection of the “Public Health Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism”<br />

homepage and will accompany any alert or advisory that changes the State threat level.<br />

February 7, 2006 6

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