{"c9374286-f051-4a4a-a20b-da25d3c319ff": "<p>I. History and Purpose</p><p>In 2015, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (CDC/DHQP) funded the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) to create and Co-Chair the Council for Outbreak Response: Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) and Antimicrobial-Resistant (AR) Pathogens (CORHA) and serve as Founding Members. HAIs including AR pathogens cause hundreds of thousands of illnesses and deaths among U.S. patients each year. Consistent and coordinated approaches are needed to speed up detection of new threats, develop tools to support outbreak investigation, stop outbreaks from spreading, and better inform prevention activities. The Council will work to ‘Build Capacity for Public Health and Healthcare to Improve Outbreak Detection, Response and Prevention.’</p><p>II. Mission</p><p>To improve practices and policies at the local, state, and national levels for detection, investigation, control, and prevention of HAI/AR outbreaks across the healthcare continuum, including emerging infections and other risks with potential for healthcare transmission.</p><p>III. Vision</p><p>Public health and healthcare collaborating effectively to protect patients and prevent harms from HAI/AR outbreaks.</p><p>IV. Membership in CORHA</p><p>Member Organizations include the following categories:</p><ol><li><strong>Founding Member Organizations</strong> are CDC/DHQP, ASTHO, CSTE and the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). Founding member organizations form the CORHA Governance Committee (see Section V.2) and do not have membership term limits.<br /> </li><li><strong>Stakeholder Member Organizations</strong> serve four-year terms on CORHA, and the Governance Committee votes to renew the four-year term of each member organization.<br /> </li><li><strong>Federal Partner-Liaison Member Organizations</strong> include federal agencies invited to participate on CORHA in a non-voting member capacity. Federal Partner Liaison member organizations serve four-year terms on CORHA, and the Governance Committee votes to renew the four-year term of their membership.<br /> </li></ol><p>Individual members of CORHA include the following categories:</p><ol><li><strong>Voting Members</strong>: Refers to the formal voting representatives identified by founding member organizations and stakeholder member organizations.<br /> </li><li><strong>Non-voting Federal Liaisons</strong>: Refers to the primary and alternate representatives from Federal Partner Liaison Member Organizations (e.g., CMS, FDA)<br /> </li><li><strong>Non-voting Workgroup Members</strong>: Refers to all workgroup members. Workgroup members should have an association with Founding Member Organizations, Stakeholder Member Organizations, or Federal Partner Liaison Member Organizations.</li></ol><p>V. CORHA’s Organizational Structure</p><p>CORHA’s organizational structure includes organizations, professional associations, and other agencies that have an active interest in delivering safe healthcare and promoting patient safety.</p><ol><li><strong>Full Council (CORHA) </strong>– the council refers to the assembly of founding member organizations, stakeholder member organizations and Federal Partner-Liaison member organizations (as defined in Section IV). Each member organization designates one individual to serve as their representative on CORHA. The number and specific mix of member organizations are approved for addition or subtraction from CORHA through action by the Governance Committee.<br /> </li><li><strong>The Governance Committee</strong> – the Governance Committee is comprised of representatives from CORHA’s founding member organizations, CDC/DHQP, ASTHO, CSTE, and NACCHO, each of which appoints an individual representative (as described in Section VI below).<br /> </li><li><strong>Workgroups and Committees</strong> – see Section VIII below for more information.</li></ol><p>VI. CORHA Voting Representatives and Responsibilities</p><p>Each CORHA member organization (as defined in Section IV) designates one individual to serve as a voting representative on CORHA. The following exceptions apply:</p><ol><li>CORHA Co-Chair organizations (ASTHO and CSTE) will each have three voting representatives on the Council, one of whom will be designated to serve as Co-Chair on the Governance Committee.<br />Founding Member organizations that are not Co-Chairs (NACCHO and CDC/DHQP) will each have two voting representatives on the Council, one of whom will be designated to serve on the Governance Committee.<br /> </li><li>Federal Partner-Liaison Member Organizations will each have a formally designated representative (and an alternate representative), but they will participate in a non-voting capacity.<br /> </li><li>CORHA voting representatives will have a strong scientific background, knowledge of HAI outbreak and response, extensive knowledge of the organization they represent, understanding of HAI policy issues, and be dedicated to the mission and vision of CORHA.</li></ol><p><br />CORHA voting representative responsibilities include:</p><ul><li>Supporting and implementing the decisions of the Governance Committee.</li><li>Approving modifications to the CORHA Bylaws.</li><li>Approving the addition of organizations to add to covered membership.</li><li>Approving changes to CORHA’s vision, mission, or Strategic Map.</li><li>Participating in and/or providing support and guidance to CORHA workgroups.</li><li>Participating in in-person meetings and quarterly member conference calls.</li><li>Providing feedback on CORHA initiatives.</li><li>Reviewing, approving, and voting on CORHA-developed products.</li><li>Disseminating and promoting final and approved CORHA products.</li></ul><p> A. Casting Votes and Quorum</p><p> </p>", "f394434c-cdd6-422c-857c-73fdb47ec55d": "CORHA Bylaws"}