HIV Reporting (Policy Analysis)

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This report has been provided by Randy Cannon, MPA of http://www.randycannon... Randy Cannon is a Policy Advocate who provides Professional Lobbyi... (More) This report has been provided by Randy Cannon, MPA of http://www.randycannon... Randy Cannon is a Policy Advocate who provides Professional Lobbying Services.
This report discusses a measure that requires the names of people who test positive and seek services from physicians for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to be confidentially reported to the King County and Washington State Department of Health in Washington. The stakeholders involved in this case are conflicted with the methods that will be used to report cases of HIV. The state advocates reporting names, but the utilization of Unique Identifiers (UI) for reporting purposes has also been considered. The underlining issue pertains to maintaining confidential information of those who are reported, although 52 other diseases are reported in similar fashion and confidential information has not been leaked in the past. (Less)