More Data on COVID numbers legislative trend
Where: Massachusetts
The legislation: S2695 (2020 | MA)
What COVID data does the legislature want public?
- Daily data on resident and staff COVID-19 cases at state licensed facilities
- long-term care facilities
- skilled nursing facilities
- assisted living residences
- Daily reports on the number of cases and fatalities among inmates and staff at all correctional facilities
- staff cases would be listed by occupation to guide better training
- Daily number of people tested for the virus
- number who test positive within 24 hours
- including demographics: gender, race, place of residence, age, disability status, & primary language
State House News Service via Governing | Massachusetts Bill Would Require More Reporting from Health Department