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Lawmakers press ADH on contact-tracing contracts, staffing and CARES spending
Summary
Committee members questioned the Department of Health about expedited contact-tracing contracts, contractor staffing and CARES Act allocations; ADH said contracts have been awarded, contractors are hiring hundreds of tracers, and additional funding requests are pending.
Lawmakers pressed the Arkansas Department of Health about the design, procurement and costs of statewide contact-tracing contracts as the committee considered whether the state has the capacity to notify and isolate cases quickly enough.
Stephanie Williams said ADH used an expedited procurement process to award contracts to stand up statewide tracing operations. ADH reported $22 million in CARES Act funding allocated to contractors so far; Williams said a supplemental $16 million was requested to allow contractors to scale beyond the…
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