Service Report: TB Elimination

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Details for Service TB Elimination

Service Name

TB Elimination

Program Name

Adults with Identified Needs

Goal

Provide services and supports to individuals and families experiencing health and safety needs to assist them in living successfully in the community.

Objective

Assure that adults with health and safety needs that could result in out-of-home placement receive assessment and treatment services to enable them to continue to live at home and/or community.

Division

Division of Public Health

Service Description

This service provides financial assistance to local health departments to test for and treat tuberculosis (TB). This includes:

-TB testing of people suspected of being infected

-Finding and testing the close contacts (household, work associates, etc.) of people recently diagnosed with TB

-Watching the TB patient take medication to ensure that medications are taken in the right combination and at the correct times

TB patients and their close contacts benefit from this service through detection and treatment of the disease. The general public benefits through limiting the spread of the disease. Physicians, local health departments and other health providers can receive consultation regarding TB treatment from the NC Division of Public Health Communicable Disease Branch, a contract physician at Duke University and four regional public health nurse consultants.

Web Site

http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/tb

Year First Initiated

1957

Available State Wide

Yes

Geographic Area Served

Grants Provided

Competitive Bidding

Competitive Bidding Details

Waiting List

Waiting List Start Date

Number Waiting

Waiting List Details

Income Eligibility

Income Eligibility	No
Income Eligibility Method
Income Eligibility Type
Whose Income Eligibility
Income Disregard	No
Income Disregard Desc
Income Verified	No
Income Verified Method
Income Criteria
Income Eligibility Change
Income Eligibility Method Prior To Change
Income Eligibility Other

Target Population

Age Range Start	Age Range End
0	100+

Legal Authority

Authorization Level	Authorization Type	Citation
State	Administrative Rules	10A NCAC 41A .0205 CONTROL MEASURES - TUBERCULOSIS
State	Administrative Rules	10A ncac 41a .0101 REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS
Federal	Public Law	Public Health Service Act, Section 317(a)317E, 42 U.S.C. 247b-b(a),

Budget Information

State Fiscal Year (SFY)

As of the month of

	Authorized Budget Fiscal Year 2024	SFY 2023-2024 Year To Date Expenditures	Balance
Salary and Fringes (1X)	0	0	0
Salary Other (1X)	0	0	0
Operating (2X-5X)	0	0	0
Contracts/Allocations (6X)	0	0	0
Reserves (7X)	0	0	0
Transfers (8X)	0	0	0

Total Requirements	0	0	0
Receipts-Federal	0	0	0
Receipts- Local receipts	0	0	0
Receipts- Other receipts	0	0	0

Total Receipts	0	0	0
General Fund Appropriations	0	0	0

Match
State	Local	Other
0	0	0

MOE
State	Local
0	0

FTEs

0.00

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