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Attachment A Scope of Work This funding is made available under section 601(a) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ("CARES Act") and Section V and VI of the CARES Act, for costs incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Under the CARES Act, the Coronavirus Relief Fund may be used to cover costs that: 1. Are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); AND 2. Are not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020 (the date of enactment of the CARES Act) for the State or government. These funds may be used to reimburse for expenditures incurred during the period of March 1, 2020 thru Oct. 31, 2020. Please note: In order to ensure all funds have been fully utilized prior to the US Treasury's December 30, 2020 end date, the State of\lvashington must closeout contracts by October 31, 2020. All final requests for reimbursement must be received no later than November 15, 2020. Expenditures must be used for necessary actions taken to respond to the public health emergency. These may include expenditures incurred to allow the local government to respond directly to the emergency, such as by addressing medical or public health needs, as well as expenditures incurred to respond to second- order effects of the emergency, such as by providing economic support to those suffering from employment or business interruptions due to COVID-19-related business closures. Funds may not be used to fill shortfalls in government revenue to cover expenditures that would not otherwise qualify under the statute. Although a broad range of uses is allowed, revenue replacement is not a permissible use of Fund payments. Payments may be used only to cover costs not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of March 27, 2020. A cost meets this requirement if either: 1. The cost cannot lawfully be funded using a line item, allotment, or allocation within that budget; OR 2. The cost is for a substantially different use from any expected use of funds in such a line item, allotment, or allocation. The "most recently approved" budget is the enacted budget for the relevant fiscal period for the particular government. A cost is not considered to have been accounted for in a budget merely because it could be met using a budgetary stabilization fund, rainy day fund, or similar reserve account. Allowable expenditures include, but are not limited to: 1. Medical expenses such as: a. COVID-19-related expenses of public hospitals, clinics, and similar facilities. b. Expenses of establishing temporary public medical facilities and other measures to increase COVID-19 treatment capacity, including related construction costs. c. Costs of providing COVID-19 testing, including serological testing. d. Emergency medical response expenses, including emergency medical transportation, related to COVID-19. e. Expenses for establishing and operating public telemedicine capabilities for COVID-19-related treatment. 2. Public health expenses such as: State of Washington Interagency Agreement Version 072019 Department of Commerce Page 10