The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is delivering
$301,036,685 in new funding to Pennsylvania to support testing for
COVID-19. In total, $10.25 billion in funding is being provided by
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to states,
territories, and local jurisdictions through CDC’s existing
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of
Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC) cooperative agreement. This
funding is part of the Trump Administration’s broader effort to
ensure that states, territories, and tribes have the resources
necessary to meet their testing goals as they begin to reopen.
This funding from the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care
Enhancement Act will provide critical support to develop, purchase,
administer, process, and analyze COVID-19 tests, conduct
surveillance, trace contacts, and related activities. These funds,
along with the previous funding support CDC provided, will help
states, territories, and localities with their efforts to re-open
America.
Each governor or designee of each state, locality, or territory
receiving funds shall submit to HHS its plan for COVID-19 testing,
including goals for the remainder of calendar year 2020, to include:
• Number of tests needed, month-by-month to include diagnostic,
serological, and other tests, as appropriate
• Month-by-month estimates of laboratory and testing capacity,
including related to workforce, equipment and supplies, and
available tests
• Description of how the resources will be used for testing,
including easing any COVID-19 community mitigation policies
Jurisdictions will use the funding they receive to meet the testing
goals laid out in their COVID-19 testing plans, including purchasing
supplies (such as test kits and other testing supplies, as
necessary). To view the list of funding recipients, visit
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/php/funding-update.pdf.
