In response to COVID-19, eligible work may include emergency and inpatient treatment for both confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19. Supporting documentation provided by the Applicant does not tie any of the claimed overtime labor costs to potentially eligible COVID-19 work. Straight time of a permanent employee funded from an external source is eligible if the employee is reassigned to perform emergency work that the external source does not fund. The Applicant acknowledged that routine labor costs for the employees at issue are funded internally; therefore, the claimed straight time labor costs are ineligible. The provision of meals for employees engaged in eligible emergency work is eligible provided certain conditions apply. The Applicant did not provide information demonstrating that its claimed employee meal expenses meet eligibility conditions found in PA policy.

The Applicant did not demonstrate that the claimed overtime labor costs were directly tied to the performance of eligible emergency work, or that straight-time labor costs and employee meal expenses are eligible for PA funding. Therefore, this appeal is denied.

Stafford Act § 403(a)(3). 44 C.F.R. §§ 206.223(a)(1), 206.225(a)(1), (a)(3)(i), 206.228(a)(2)(iii). PAPPG, at 19, 24, 57, 63. Medical Care Policy (Mar. 15, 2021), at 3-4; Medical Care Policy (May 9, 2020), at 3. City of Pearland, FEMA-4485-DR-TX, at 3; City of Miami, FEMA-4486-DR-FL, at 2-3.