Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires different reporting methods for COVID-19 statistics.

Highlights:

• Requires health authorities or officials, health care providers, and coroners or

medical examiners to report to the Department of Health each COVID-19 test that is administered, along with all of the following (Sec. 1-1):

• The date the test was administered;

• The zip code of residence of the individual tested or, if unknown or not located in this state, the zip code of the location where the test was administered; and

• Indication of whether the individual tested resides in a congregate setting, such as a nursing home, residential care facility, hospital, or prison and, if so, identification of the congregate setting.

• Requires all of the following to apply when the Department of Health releases information related to cases of COVID-19 (Sec. 1-2):

• Each day's figures must accurately reflect the information reported to the Department as of the date of the release; and

• The information must be released in the form of a chart, table, or similar format that includes all of the following, broken down by zip code:

• The number of individuals tested each day;

• The number of positive and negative test results and the date each test was confirmed;

• The total number of individuals who have been hospitalized and total hospitalizations;

• The number of deaths, by date, that are attributable solely to COVID-19, as well as the age ranges for the deceased; and

• The number of deaths from COVID-19 but with no additional complication factors, including identification of those complication factors.

• Requires the release of COVID-19 infection rates for congregate settings such as nursing

homes, residential care facilities, hospitals, and prisons (Sec. 1).

• Requires projections related to COVID-19 to include all supporting information and documents, including a margin of error (Sec. 1).

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