| Table 1. U.S. state-based COVID-19 reporting requirements
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| State
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Electronic file (Y/N)
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Fax? (Y/N)
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Forms for reporting
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Contact
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Additional details
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| Alabama
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Y
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N
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Novel Coronavirus Report Card
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ALNEDSSsupport@adph.state.al.us
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Use the Report Card "to submit laboratory-confirmed (or pre-approved epidemiologically-linked) cases or deaths of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to the Alabama Department of Public Health." (Though long-term care facilities and correctional facilities should used different forms.) "Performing laboratories are required to report all negative and positive COVID-19 virus test results electronically (faxes do not count). If not already enrolled, laboratories will need to manually enter test results directly into the surveillance system." Email the contact to enroll staff access to the system.
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| Alaska
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Y
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Y
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Confidential Infectious Disease Report Form
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COVID Reporting Hotline: 1-877-469-8067
Urgent situation: 907-269-8000 or 800-478-0084 (after-hours)
ELR: megan.tompkins@alaska.gov
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"Providers must report laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19 to SOE via fax (907-563-7868) using the standard Infectious Disease report form or via electronic means. The reporting hotline has been discontinued." "All results (i.e., positive, negative, indeterminate, etc.) must be reported via either integration into existing electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) data feeds, submission of a standard format CSV via SFTP, or fax (907-563-7868). Please email Megan Tompkins ... to inform us about how your facility will report." (See Guidance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Testing in Alaska for more.)
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| Arizona
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Y
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N
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Sample ADHS CSV File
Sample ADHS Excel File
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ELR: elr@azdhs.gov
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"Facilities performing laboratory tests for COVID-19 are required to report both positive and negative results for COVID-19 directly to ADHS pursuant to Executive Order 2021-14. Laboratory is defined in A.R.S. § 36-451(4). Facilities shall report using an electronic format, described below." Consult the laboratory information page for details of all reporting options.
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| Arkansas
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Y
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Y (?)
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Communicable Disease Reporting Form
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Phone: (501) 537-8969 or 1-800-554-5738 after-hours
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Arkansas Department of Health doesn't appear to have published any information about specific COVID-19 reporting requirements. As of September 2021, the DoH still hasn't updated its list of mandatory reportable diseases. The state is presumably treating "suspected or confirmed" COVID-19 cases as an immediately reportable event that "are to be reported immediately to the ADH." The language used on its reportable disease instructions suggests that a follow-up fax of the case report isn't required; however, call and confirm with the DoH. The only mention of ELR is a plain page labelled "Public Health Reporting." It would appear users can submit reports via this tool, though registration may be required if new to the tool.
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| California
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Y
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N (?)
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Confidential Morbidity Report
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Contact: Local health officers
CalREDIE: CalREDIEHelp@cdph.ca.gov or (866) 866-1428
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The DPH added COVID-19 to its Reportable Diseases and Conditions lists for health care providers and laboratories early in the pandemic. This health care provider document indicates that a "case or suspected case" of COVID-19 should be reported immediately by phone. The document makes no mention of requiring a follow-up fax or digital report by health care providers. The laboratory document indicates "[l]aboratories must report any initial findings as well as any subsequent findings. ”Any laboratories approved to test for SARS-CoV-2 must report all positive and non-positive (negative, indeterminate, and specimen unsatisfactory) test results from both antigen/molecular and antibody/serology tests for SARS-CoV-2." Laboratory findings are "are reportable to the local health officer of the health jurisdiction where the patient resides by telephone within one (1) hour ... from the time that the laboratory notifies the health care provider or other person authorized to receive the report." Labs are asked to also subsequently report results electronically (ELR) to the California Reportable Disease Information Exchange (CalREDIE) "within one working day of identification."
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| Colorado
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Y
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N
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None
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CEDRS: lavelle.fernandez@state.co.us
ELR: andrew.horvath@state.co.us
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"All test results (e.g., positive, negative, and inconclusive) for rapid point-of-care COVID-19 tests must be reported to public health" officials by providers. Additionally, "[a]ll positive, negative, and inconclusive SARS-CoV-2 test results must be reported electronically by laboratories." The disease reporting form and fax methods should not be used. A list of required reporting components and descriptions of digital reporting options are available on the state's COVID-19 reporting page.
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| Connecticut
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Y
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Y
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2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Case Report Form
Reportable Laboratory Findings, Form OL-15C
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Fax: (860) 629-6962
ELR: dph.elr@ct.gov
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Presumably labs are reporting COVID-19 as is required for any communicable disease. This has traditionally been done using Form OL-15C sent through mail or fax, as well as ELR. "Providers can now submit a COVID-19 case report online. This is the preferred way to submit COVID-19 case reports."
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| Delaware
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Y
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N
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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Call: 1-888-295-5156
Email: reportdisease@delaware.gov
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"COVID-19 is a reportable condition to the DPH. Any positive test results from any laboratory must be reported to DPH via the Delaware Electronic Reporting Surveillance System (DERSS). If you have a strong clinical suspicion that a patient may be infected with COVID-19 based on clinical symptoms and epidemiological factors (e.g., close contact with a confirmed case, recent travel to an area with sustained transmission), contact the DPH Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at 1-888-295-5156, or report through reportdisease@delaware.gov within 24 hours leading to submission of test samples to a commercial lab to allow for surveillance and monitoring as appropriate." The state makes no mention of reporting negative COVID-19 test results.
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| District of Columbia
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N
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Y
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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Phone: (202) 442-8141 or 1-(844)-493-2652 after-hours
Fax: (202) 442-8060
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DC Health doesn't appear to have published any information about specific COVID-19 reporting requirements. The DoH is presumably treating COVID-19 tests with "provisional diagnosis or the appearance of suspicious symptoms" as an immediately reportable event that "must be reported immediately by telephone ... and confirmed by submission of a case report within 24 hours." ELR appears to be reserved for specific diseases other than COVID-19.
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| Florida
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Y
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Y
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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Fax: (850) 414-6894
ELR: MUElectronicLabReporting@flhealth.gov or ELR@flhealth.gov
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"Commercial laboratory results for COVID-19 will either be reported through electronic laboratory reporting (ELR), faxing, or phone calls from laboratories. Results received at the Bureau of Epidemiology will be sent to counties via Merlin. Bureau of Public Health Laboratories test results are reported to [county health departments] through
Merlin and they are mailed to the ordering providers." In separate documentation, the state notes that both positive and negative COVID-19 laboratory results should be reported. As for health care providers and facilities, they must report a [specific set of persons related to COVID-19 to the County Health Departments.
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| Georgia
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Y
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Y
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Notifiable Disease Report Form
Notifiable Disease Reporting Requirements
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Fax: Based on District Health Office
Call: 1-866-782-4584
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Georgia lists COVID-19 as an immeadiately reportable disease condition. "All Georgia physicians, laboratories, and other health care providers" are encouraged to call their District Health Office or the main number. The state is also accepting COVID-19 reports through its SendSS online application.
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| Hawaii
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Y (?)
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Y
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Person Under Investigation (PUI) and Case Report Form
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Fax: (808) 586-4595
ELR: helpdesk@hawaiihie.org
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"Per the Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 11-156, the Person Under Investigation (PUI) and Case Report Form must be completed for any person who tests POSITIVE for COVID-19. Please fax the completed form to the Disease Outbreak Control Division at (808) 586-4595. COVID-19 is considered an URGENTLY REPORTABLE condition." It's not entirely clear if laboratories can use ELR through the Hawaii Health Information Exchange for COVID-19 reporting. They simply state: "Results for patients who have been tested for COVID-19 are incorporated into their records in the HHIE Community Health Record."
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| Idaho
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N
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Y
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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Phone: (208) 334-5939
Fax: (208) 332-7307
ELR: PublicHealthMU@dhw.idaho.gov
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The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare doesn't appear to have published any information about COVID-19 reporting requirements. They simply state that "Labs will report their results to the state, and those numbers will be posted on this website each day." Presumably this means that labs should be following the state's reportable diseases protocol for reporting "within one working day of identification or suspicion" using phone or fax. No standardized reporting form appears to exist. It's not clear if ELR is being used to report COVID-19 cases.
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| Illinois
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Y
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Y
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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Fax: Based on Local Health Department
ELR: DPH.Helpdesk@illinois.gov or DoIT.Helpdesk@Illinois.gov
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The Illinois Department of Public Health doesn't appear to have published an information about COVID-19 reporting requirements. However, given their laboratory reporting requirements in general, COVID-19 is nearly certain to require "immediate" reporting, which to the state means within three hours. Its laboratory reporting requirements document recommends contacting the local health department to send the report. However, ELR through Illinois’ National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (I-NEDSS) appears to be the preferred method.
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| Indiana
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Y
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Y
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Confidential Report of Communicable Diseases
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ELR: (317) 233-7684 or ijameson@isdh.in.gov
Fax: (317) 233-7747
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"You should report both positives and negatives the same way you report all other reportable disease conditions to ISDH. This is primarily through electronic laboratory reporting (ELR) through the ISDH NBS system. If your facility currently reports labs through ELR to ISDH, contact Irene Jameson to set up COVID-19 reporting (317-233-7684 or ijameson@isdh.in.gov). If your facility does not currently report through ELR, please have your infection preventionist (IP) report through a morbidity report. Provide a pdf of the lab report to your IP as they will need to attach this file when submitting their report. ISDH is not onboarding new ELR/NBS customers currently. Alternatively, you can fax positive reports to 317-233-7747." Such reporting should be done within 24 hours of test completion.
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| Iowa
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Y
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Y
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Disease Reporting Card
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ELR: Jill Newland
Fax: (515) 281-5698
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"All Iowa health care providers and public, private, and hospital laboratories are required to immediately report all positive and negative Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing results to the department. Reports must be made electronically through the Iowa Disease Surveillance System (IDSS) when a facility has electronic transmission capabilities, otherwise reports can be faxed to 515-281-5698."
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| Kansas
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N
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Y
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Kansas Reportable Disease Form
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Phone: (877) 427-7317
Fax: (877) 427-7318
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"COVID-19 is a reportable disease, so you must have a mechanism for reporting both positives and negatives to KDHE." However, the KDHE doesn't appear to have any additional laboratory reporting instructions for COVID-19. It's not explicitly clear, but the state is presumably treating COVID-19 as a four-hour (within four hours of test completion) reportable disease. According to its reportable diseases guidance: "For 4-hour reportable diseases report to the KDHE Epidemiology Hotline: 877-427-7317. For all other reportable diseases fax a Kansas Reportable Disease Form and any lab results to your local health department or to KDHE: 877-427-7318 within 24 hours or by the next business day." The KDHE disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR.
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| Kentucky
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N
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Y
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COVID-19 Person Under Investigation (PUI) Report Form
Kentucky Reportable Disease Form
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Fax: (502) 696-3803
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"If the test result for COVID-19 is positive, please fax the completed PUI form to the KDPH secure fax line at 502-696-3803 along with the EPID-200 Reportable Disease Report Form." It's not clear if any COVID-19 reporting is being performed using ELR.
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| Louisiana
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N
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Y
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Confidential Disease Case Report
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Phone: (504) 568-8295
Fax: (504) 568-8290
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Louisiana's Emergency Rule - LAC 51:105 and 107 adds COVID-19 to Class A reportable diseases. "This Emergency Rule makes the reporting of COVID-19 cases mandatory for all healthcare providers. This Emergency Rule makes all laboratory tests for COVID-19, whether positive or negative, reportable to the State within 24 hours of test result." Class A diseases "of major public health concern" are apparently to be reported "by telephone immediately." The LDH disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR.
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| Maine
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N
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Y
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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Phone: 800-821-5821
Fax: 800-293-7534
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The Maine CDC doesn't appear to have published any information about specific COVID-19 reporting requirements. The Maine CDC is presumably treating COVID-19 tests that are "positive by any method" as an immediately reportable event "by telephone to Maine CDC." According to its guidance, it doesn't appear ELR is employed for immediately reportable events.
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| Maryland
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N
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Y (?)
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Confidential Report: Laboratory Evidence of Certain Communicable Diseases
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Contact: Local health department
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The Maryland Department of Health doesn't appear to have published any information about specific COVID-19 reporting requirements. The DoH is presumably treating COVID-19 tests with "a positive laboratory finding" as an immediately reportable event that "should be submitted to the local health department in the jurisdiction where the lab is located." It's not clear what the best method for reporting (phone, fax, ELR) is for COVID-19 positive results. Presumably labs should contact their local health department to confirm this. The DoH disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR.
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| Massachusetts
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N
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Y
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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Contact: Local health departments
MDPH phone: (617) 983-6800
MDPH fax: (617) 983-6813
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The State of Massachusetts doesn't appear to have published any information about specific COVID-19 reporting requirements. The state is presumably treating COVID-19 "suspected and confirmed cases" as an immediately reportable event that "should be reported to your local board of health" by phone, or if unavailable, to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health by phone or fax. The MDPH disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR.
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| Michigan
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Y
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Y
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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MDSS: Support contacts
Contact: Local health department list in reporting guide
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The Michigan Department of Health & Human Services has updated its Health Care Professional's Guide to Disease Reporting in Michigan to include detections of SARS-CoV-2. They note that "if the agent is identified by clinical or laboratory diagnosis," the detection (by both healthcare providers and laboratories) "must be reported to the Michigan Disease Surveillance System (MDSS) or local health department within 24 hours." As for how: "Mandatory reporting of communicable diseases can (and, whenever possible, should) be accomplished via the MDSS. The MDSS is a web-based communicable disease reporting system developed for the state of Michigan." If unable to electronically report, contact the local health department using the directory in the disease reporting guide.
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| Minnesota
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N
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Y
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COVID-19 Case Report Form
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Fax: (651) 201-5743
Phone: (651) 201-5414 or (877) 676-5414
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"The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is requiring all mandated reporters to report any cases and deaths due to SARS-CoV-2 to MDH within one working day." This includes health care facilities, medical laboratories, and in special cases veterinary laboratories. Case report forms can be faxed or case reports submitted by phone. The MDoH disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR.
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| Mississippi
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Y (?)
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N
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Reportable Diseases and Conditions form
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Phone: (601) 576-7725 or 1-800-556-0003; for weekends, holidays and after 5pm: (601) 576-7400
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The Mississippi State Department of Health states: "All COVID-19 results must be reported to the Mississippi State Department of Health at this time." However, it gives no further guidance specifically for commercial laboratories or health care providers testing for SARS-CoV-2. Presumably the MSDH is considering COVID-19 a Class 1A disease, required to be "reported directly to the Department of Health by telephone within 24 hours of first knowledge or suspicion." The MSDH also has an online disease reporting tool (account required); however, it's not clear if it is equipped to received COVID-19 reports.
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| Missouri
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Y
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Y
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sFTP Excel template
Disease Case Report form
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sFTP: (573) 526-5271
Fax: (573) 751-6417
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has officially added COVID-19 to its list of immediately reportable conditions, including a waiver "to require that all positive and negative results for COVID-19 are sent directly to DHSS. Now, all laboratories must report directly to DHSS." They add that "[l]aboratories are encouraged to report via electronic means ... by secure file transfer protocol (sFTP)." Alternatively, labs may also submit a report to the Bureau of Reportable Disease Informatics (BRDI) via fax. "[M]edical providers (non-laboratories) also have an obligation to submit disease case reports (form CD-1) to DHSS. However, under the current suspension, when the testing is conducted outside the hospital by a separate laboratory that must also report the result to the Department, only the laboratory must make the report."
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| Montana
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N
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Y (?)
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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Contact: Local health department
DPHHS phone: (406) 444-0273
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The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services doesn't appear to have published any information about specific COVID-19 reporting requirements. The state is presumably treating COVID-19 like its other reportable diseases: "whether suspected or confirmed" the case "must be reported immediately to your local health jurisdiction as required by the Administrative Rules of Montana." If the local public health jurisdiction is unavailable, a call can be placed to the MDPHHS. It is not clear if laboratories should report both positive and negative results, though news reports have shown that the DPHHS is reporting both positive and negatives. The disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR.
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| Nebraska
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N
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N
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Health Care Provider Confidential Communication form
Laboratory Summary of Reportable Diseases, Poisonings and Organisms
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Phone: Based on county
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The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services provides little in the way of specific guidance for reporting COVID-19. They simply state: "Any patient (+) for COVID-19 virus should be immediately reported to local/state public health office." They define "immediate notification" as "required to call by telephone to a live public health surveillance official within 24 hours of detection." This apparently includes providers currently on ELR. Labs and healthcare providers should verify if any additional reporting (fax, ELR) is required.
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| Nevada
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N
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Y
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Confidential Disease Reporting Form
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Contact: Local health department list in reporting form
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Nevada DHHS guidance states "all in-state and out-of-state laboratories who are processing and testing samples from Nevada residents are required under severe penalties to report all COVID-19 test results to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health within 24 hours from analysis." Its guidance appears to suggest a phone call for such notification. According to the state's disease reporting form, this phone call should be done in addition to faxing a report. "All cases, suspect cases, and carriers
must be reported within 24 hours." It's not clear if ELR is being accepted for COVID-19 reporting.
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| New Hampshire
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N
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Y
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COVID-19 Case Report Form
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Phone: (603) 271-4496
Fax: (603) 271-0545
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Health care providers and laboratories should immediately report suspect and confirmed cases of COVID-19 to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. It seems likely the DPHHS prefers both a phone call and a faxed report, though it's not explicitly stated. The case should likely be "reported within 24 hours of diagnosis or suspicion of diagnosis." The NHDHHS disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR.
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| New Jersey
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Y
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N (?)
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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ELR: See quick-start guide
Local health departments
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"[T]he New Jersey Domestic Security Preparedness Task Force hereby directs that commercial laboratories operating in New Jersey report all COVID-19 test results to the New Jersey Department of Health beginning March 23, 2020. The results of all COVID-19 tests performed before this date shall be included in the initial report. Subsequently, results shall be sent daily, and included results not previously reported. Information shall be transmitted no later than 8:00 p.m. each day through the Department of Health’s CDRSS platform. Specific data reported shall include positive, negative, and inconclusive test results. This directive shall supplement, not supplant, any other existing reporting requirements." From that statement, it's not clear if laboratories should also be immediately phoning their results to the health department in addition to ELR over CDRSS.
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| New Mexico
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N
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Y (?)
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Notifiable Condition Report Form
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Phone: (505) 827-0006
Fax: (505) 827-0013
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The New Mexico Department of Health doesn't appear to have published any information about specific COVID-19 reporting requirements. The DoH is presumably treating "confirmed or suspected" COVID-19 cases as an immediately reportable event that "require immediate reporting by telephone to Epidemiology and Response Division." It's not clear if a faxed report is also required. The DoH disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR.
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| New York
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Y
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N
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Confidential Case Report - DOH-389
Universal Reporting Form - PD-16
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Contact: Local health departments
ECLRS: eclrs@health.ny.gov
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The New York Department of Health states: "Positive results must be immediately reported to the local Department of Health by the laboratory performing the test, per established guidance, and all test results should be reported by the laboratories into New York State Department of Health’s Electronic Clinical Laboratory Reporting System (ECLRS) four times a day." The established guidance appears to be found in the state's updated reporting instructions, which now includes COVID-19 as a disease that "should be reported immediately to local health departments by phone followed by submission of the confidential case report form (DOH-389). In NYC use case report form PD-16." This means "within 24 hours of diagnosis." The instructions indicate case reports should be mailed. Both health care facilities and laboratories should report.
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| North Carolina
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Y
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Y
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COVID-19 Confidential Communicable Disease Report
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Contact: Local health departments
Fax: (919) 733-0490
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Per NCDHHS's clinical diagnostic laboratory guidance: "each person in charge of a laboratory providing diagnostic service in this State and any other health care provider licensed in this State that provides diagnostic service [is required] to report the results of all COVID-19 testing to the Department of Health and Human Services." An electronic reporting process appears to have been added later in 2020.
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| Ohio
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Y
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Y
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Ohio Confidential Reportable Disease form
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Contact: Local health districts
ELR: ELR@odh.ohio.gov
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In March 2020, the Ohio Department of Health ordered "confirmed cases of COVID-19 be reported immediately as a Class A disease pursuant to Ohio Adm. Code 3701-3-02(A) to the local health district in which the person resides (or the local health district wherein the person is being medically evaluated if the person's residence is unknown or not in Ohio)." Physicians, medical care facilities, and laboratories are encouraged to report positive cases. Per the state's communicable disease requirements, Class A diseases should be reported immediately by phone, with a follow-up HEA 3334 Ohio Confidential Reportable Disease form. That requirements doc also states " follow-up reports can also be made electronically through direct entry into the Ohio Disease Reporting System (ODRS) or through Electronic Laboratory Reporting."
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| Oklahoma
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Y
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Y
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Reportable Disease Card for Healthcare Providers (Blue Card)
Reportable Disease Card for Laboratories (Yellow Card)
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PHIDDO: adservice@health.ok.gov
Phone: (405) 271-4060
Fax: (405) 271-6680
ELR: AnthonyL@health.ok.gov
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The Oklahoma State Department of Health doesn't appear to have published any information about specific COVID-19 reporting requirements. The DoH is presumably treating "laboratory results indicating" (i.e., "upon suspicion, diagnosis, or positive test") COVID-19 as an immediately reportable event "to the OSDH by PHIDDO or telephone (405-271-4060)." This also holds true for healthcare providers. The Public Health Investigation and Disease Detection of Oklahoma (PHIDDO) system is apparently the preferred method, though other methods are acceptable.
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| Oregon
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Y
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Y
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COVID-19 Report Form
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Contact: Local public health authority
Fax: (971) 673-1100
Online morbidy reporting or ELR: (971) 673-1111
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"The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division, is temporarily adopting OAR 333-017-0800 and OAR 333-018-900, which adds a definition of COVID-19 and adds COVID-19 to the list of diseases reportable to public health authorities within 24 hours. Positive test results for COVID-19 must be reported within 24 hours and negative COVID-19 results within one working day." "Both medical laboratories and health care providers are required to report COVID-19 test results to the state and local public health authorities." According to state law, reports should be initially submitted by phone call, with a follow-up report either through the online morbidity report tool or a fax. ELR may also be an option.
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| Pennsylvania
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Y
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N
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form (use PA-NEDDS)
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PA-NEDSS: 1-877-724-3258
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From the Pennsylvania Department of Health: "COVID-19 is a reportable condition to the DOH. Any positive test results from any laboratory must be reported to DOH via the Pennsylvania National Electronic Disease Surveillance System (PA-NEDSS)." COVID-19 is now on the list or reportable diseases, and it must be reported with 24 hours.
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| Rhode Island
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N
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Y
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PUI for COVID-19 - Reporting Form
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Phone: (401) 222-2577 or (401) 276-8046 after hours
Fax: (401) 222-2488
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Per the Rhode Island Department of Health: "Any suspected cases of COVID-19 should be reported to RIDOH immediately. For any questions and to report cases, please call the Rhode Island Department of Health Center for Acute Infectious Disease Epidemiology at 401-222-2577 during business hours (Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) or 401-276-8046 after hours." Presumably a follow-up fax using the COVID-19 reporting form is also required. The report "must be reported on the day of recognition or strong suspicion of disease." The RIDOH disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR.
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| South Carolina
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N (?)
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N (?)
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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Contact: Local public health office
ELR: 1-800-917-2093
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Per the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control: "Please notify DHEC of positive results. COVID-19 cases and deaths are urgently reportable per the South Carolina List of Reportable Conditions. They must be reported by phone within 24 hours to the appropriate regional health department." The SCDHEC disease reporting web page does mention ELR, though it's not clear if it can be used to report COVID-19 cases.
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| South Dakota
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N
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Y
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South Dakota Confidential Disease Report (online/HTML)
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Phone: (605) 773-3737 or 800-592-1861
Fax: (605) 773-5509
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"SD-DOH would like to remind medical providers, hospitals, and laboratories that cases of COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, are considered immediately reportable in South Dakota (under Coronavirus Respiratory syndromes)." The SD-DOH and the state laws don't make clear what reporting method is best for Category I diseases, only that they should be reported immediately. Under "how to report," they list, in order, online reporting, phone, fax, and mail. The SD-DOH disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR (other than completing the online/HTML form).
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| Tennessee
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Y
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Y
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Person Under Investigation (PUI) and Case Report Form
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Fax: (615) 741-3857
Phone: (615) 741-7247
ELR: ceds.informatics@tn.gov
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"Healthcare providers who receive positive COVID-19 test results on their patients or patients in their facility [should report]." "Laboratories performing COVID-19 testing should be reporting these results electronically via ELR or our emergency spreadsheet template. If you are a laboratory that needs to report via one of these methods, please email ceds.informatics@tn.gov." These entities "should report within 24 hours of receiving a COVID-19 diagnosis, positive lab report on a patient, and/or becoming aware of a suspected or confirmed COVID-19 associated death." "Please submit a PUI Form on all positive COVID-19 test results from commercial labs only; you do not need to submit further information on a lab result from the TDH Public Health Laboratory. Please include a copy of the positive lab result." The Tennessee Department of Health lists three reporting options: faxing the PUI form and positive lab report, phoning, and electronically (via Morbidity Reports or ELR).
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| Texas
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Y
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Y
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Infectious Disease Report (Single case)
Infectious Disease Report (Multiple cases)
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Contact: Local health department
ELR: COVID‑19ELR@dshs.texas.gov
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"On March 24, 2020, Governor Greg Abbott ordered every public or private entity that is utilizing an FDA-approved test, including an emergency use authorization test, for human diagnostic purposes of COVID- 19, shall submit to DSHS, as well as to the local health department, daily reports of all test results, both positive and negative." The state lists novel coronaviruses as an immediately reportable event by phone. Although not explicitly stated, an Infectious Disease Report form may also be required after the phone call; verify with your local health department. ELR registration can be performed online. After online registration, "please send the name of your facility, email, and a good contact number to COVID‑19ELR@dshs.texas.gov to get your account created."
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| Utah
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Y (?)
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Y
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Utah Public Health Confidential Morbidity Report
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Fax: (801) 538-9923
Email: reporting@utah.gov
Phone: 1-888-EPI-UTAH
ELR: edx@utah.gov
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The Utah Department of Health doesn't appear to have published any information about specific COVID-19 reporting requirements. The DoH is presumably treating COVID-19 cases as immediately reportable events ("within 24 hours of a suspect diagnosis") for healthcare facilities and laboratories. Reports may be faxed (note that the "disease reporting fax line is an email fax"), emailed, or phoned. Emailed reports must be through an encrypted and secure means. It also appears the DoH is performing some form of ELR through its Public Health Access system, though it's not clear if COVID-19 reports can be submitted that way.
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| Vermont
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Y (?)
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Y
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No standardized COVID-19 reporting form
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Phone: (802) 863-7240
Fax: (802) 951-4061
ELR: (802) 651-1619
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The Vermont Department of Health offers little in regards to COVID-19 reporting requirements, except to say: "Report all suspect cases immediately to the Vermont Department of Health Infectious Disease Epidemiology by calling 802-863-7240 (24/7)." It's not clear if a subsequent report must also be faxed or sent electronically; contact the health department to confirm. ELR is mentioned on the site's disease reporting page.
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| Virginia
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?
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?
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Confidential Morbidity Report
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Contact: Local health department
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Other than to say "[c]linical diagnosis of COVID-19 is a reportable condition, regardless of whether testing is pursued or not," the Virginia Department of Health offers little in the way of COVID-19-specific reporting requirements. The DoH indicates that if a patient isn't qualified to be tested by the state lab, clinicians should use the online reporting portal. Additionally, the overall reporting requirements for the DoH are convoluted. The state simply indicates: "Those required to report should report all conditions when suspected or confirmed to their local health department."
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| Washington
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N
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Y (?)
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COVID-19 Extended Form
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Contact: Local health jurisdiction
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The Washington State Department of Health doesn't appear to have published any information about specific COVID-19 reporting requirements. The DoH is presumably treating "preliminary or confirmed" COVID-19 cases as an immediately reportable event that "requires a phone call to reach a live person at the [local health jurisdiction], 24/7." It's not clear if a faxed report is also required. The DoH disease reporting web page makes no mention of ELR.
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| West Virginia
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N (?)
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Y
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2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Case Report Form
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Contact: Local health departments
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"Report suspect or confirmed cases WITHIN 24 HOURS to the local health department by phone and follow up with written report." It's not clear if ELR is an acceptable form of reporting COVID-19 cases.
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| Wisconsin
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Y
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Y
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Acute and Communicable Disease Case Report F-44151
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Contact: Local health department
WEDSS: DHSWEDSS@wisconsin.gov
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"The state epidemiologist has declared COVID-19 a Category I reportable disease per a memo issued on Feb. 4, 2020. Report immediately by telephone to the patient's local public health department upon identification of a confirmed or suspected case. The local health department shall then notify the state epidemiologist immediately of any confirmed or suspected cases. Within 24 hours, submit a case report electronically through the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDSS), by mail or fax using an Acute and Communicable Disease case report, F44151 or by other means."
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| Wyoming
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N
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Y
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Confidential Disease Report form
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Phone: 1-888-996-9104
Fax: (307) 777-5573
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"Providers and laboratories must report positive [SARS-CoV-2] laboratory tests from commercial reference laboratories to WDH by faxing copies of the laboratory report form to 307-777-5573." According to Wyoming's Reportable Diseases and Conditions List, this faxed report would be in addition to immediate notification by phone. Additionally, "[h]ospital and reference labs with ELR capacity must report positive and negative results," as well as viral detection and serology results. According to that document, COVID-19 isn't a disease preferred for ELR.
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