All other U.S. states and territories offer anonymous testing. 1. Requires named reports of HIV infection in children < 13 years of age. Reports of HIV infection not required for adults/adolescents 13 and older. 2. Requires named reporting only for HIV infection in children < 6 years of age and in limited other circumstances. 3. Uses unique identifier system for HIV reporting. Requires named reporting of symptomatic HIV infection and AIDS. 4. Requires names reporting of symptomatic HIV infection and AIDS. 5. HIV reporting passed by law, rule or regulation in 1998 or 1999, but reporting not yet implemented.
*Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts and Puerto Rico conduct HIV case surveillance using a coded identifier and attempt to conduct follow-up activities to fill gaps in the information received. In Washington, cases are initially reported by name, follow up is conducted and names are then converted to a coded identifier. In other states in this column, providers, hospitals, and labs send health departments individual-level HIV data using a variety of coded identifiers identifiers, such as initials, a date of birth, or a test number. These states generally do not conduct any follow-up activities on this HIV case information and have not evaluated the usefulness or completeness of their HIV reporting systems. Source: HIVInsite |