GOHSEP Elected_Officials_Manual_2015
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<strong>GOHSEP</strong> Louisiana <strong>Elected</strong> <strong>Officials</strong> Emergency Management <strong>Manual</strong><br />
Prepare + Prevent + Respond + Recover + mitigate<br />
State<br />
The State is responsible for:<br />
• Overseeing and maintaining the State<br />
emergency management process in order to<br />
facilitate the IMAC process.<br />
• Keeping an updated Parish authorized<br />
representative list.<br />
By executing an IMAC request, the authorized<br />
representatives from both the assisting and requesting<br />
Parish, in effect, enter into a contract to provide and<br />
reimburse for services to be rendered under the IMAC.<br />
Reimbursement<br />
An IMAC response cannot<br />
depend on assistance that<br />
may result from a State or<br />
Federal disaster declaration.<br />
With a letter to the requesting<br />
Parish, assisting Parishes may<br />
provide mutual aid. There<br />
are several reasons an<br />
assisting Parish might not<br />
qualify for reimbursement.<br />
For example:<br />
• Parishes must be careful how they document.<br />
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All reimbursements must be<br />
supported by documentation.<br />
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Reimbursement is not available if<br />
the assisting Parish documented its<br />
help as a donation or assumed any<br />
costs providing IMAC assistance.<br />
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Assisting Parishes that self deploy<br />
are not eligible for reimbursement.<br />
Documentation must include a formal<br />
request from a requesting Parish.<br />
• Worker compensation claims or death<br />
benefits to injured Parish responders are<br />
not reimbursable, other than the portion of<br />
the responder’s agreed upon daily cost rate<br />
ordinarily attributable to “benefits”.<br />
• Reimbursement is not allowed in duplication<br />
of other payments or insurance proceeds.<br />
• Costs must be eligible to be reimbursed.<br />
Ineligible costs include the value of volunteer<br />
labor or paid labor provided at no cost,<br />
administration of IMAC resources and training<br />
exercises or on-the-job training.<br />
• It is important to remember that a receiving<br />
Parish must have a formal declaration of<br />
emergency in place in order for the assisting<br />
Parish to be reimbursed.<br />
If your Parish is providing<br />
assistance, it is important to<br />
remember that if you request<br />
reimbursement, reimbursement<br />
depends, in part, on a formal<br />
emergency declaration in place<br />
before an IMAC is engaged.<br />
4.3.2 IMAC Page 3 of 4
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