HHS - "The Puerto Rico Department of Health's Implementation of Its Emergency Preparedness and Response Activities Before and After Hurricane Maria Was Not Effective"
Emergency Preparedness & Response 2021-07-07
Summary:
Title: The Puerto Rico Department of Health's Implementation of Its Emergency Preparedness and Response Activities Before and After Hurricane Maria Was Not Effective Source: HHS Data/Action: OIG Office of Audit Services Reports and Publications Date: 7/7/2021 Text Preview: ...RESPONSE ACTIVITIES BEFORE AND
AFTER HURRICANE MARIA
WAS NOT EFFECTIVE
Christi A. Grimm
Principal... ...Hurricane Maria made landfall in
Puerto Rico on September 20, 2017,
devastating the Commonwealth and
causing extensive power outages.
The Disaster Relief Act, part of the
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018,
required that OIG perform oversight
of activities related to disaster relief,
which include preparation, response,
recovery, and mitigation. This audit
is one of OIG's Disaster... ...activities
before and after Hurricane Maria.
How OIG Did This Audit
We reviewed requirements related to
the PRDOH Hospital Preparedness
Program-Public...