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Survey - DSHS Bamlanivimab Allocations in Texas Long-Term Care Facilities

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The Texas Department of State Health Services wants to ensure that all nursing facilities and other long-term care facilities have the chance to be included in future allocations of the novel monoclonal antibody bamlanivimab and possibly other novel therapeutics.

This month, the U.S. Health and Human Services announced its plan to ship bamlanivimab—the Eli Lilly monoclonal antibody treatment issued emergency use authorization by the FDA Monday, November 9—to states as provided by the federal government. The federal government initially directed that the product be distributed only to hospitals or hospital-affiliated facilities; however, U.S. HHS is planning to change their initial policy and allow product to be distributed to other types of facilities as early as this week. These facilities may include nursing facilities and infusion centers, among others.

Because bamlanivimab is authorized for use in outpatients, DSHS would like to have a better understanding of outpatient settings that would be willing to act as a provider of this novel therapeutic. A survey of health-care facilities is provided at the end of this alert that will allow facilities to report their interest in becoming a provider of this scarce resource.

Bamlanivimab is still a scarce resource with an extremely limited supply coming to Texas, and those supplies are being directed to regions with the greatest burden of COVID-19. Because of this, many health-care facilities will not receive an allocation of bamlanivimab. However, nursing facilities and other long-term care facilities could be important partners in maximizing the potential of this therapeutic and DSHS would like to know which facilities would be willing to provide it to their residents.

DSHS would like to ensure that there are providers across the state that are able to provide this therapeutic to higher risk individuals.

Some of the information for which you will be asked in the survey includes your facility’s point of contact, address, phone number, email address, and pharmacy license number. Read the bamlanivimab EUA and health-care provider fact sheet prior to completing the survey to ensure that your facility and patient population will meet product use requirements.

If your facility has interest in becoming a provider of bamlanivimab, respond to this survey.

DSHS and HHSC Long-term Care Regulation appreciate everything that you and your facility is doing to keep Texans healthy and safe. Thank you for your consideration of becoming a provider of this novel therapeutic.