Chattanooga Times Free Press: State health department gives names, addresses of Tennesseans with COVID-19 to law enforcement

Chattanooga Times Free Press: State health department gives names, addresses of Tennesseans with COVID-19 to law enforcement by Anita Wadhwani (“The Tennessee Department of Health is providing the names and addresses of residents who test positive for COVID-19 to sheriffs and chiefs of police across the state on a daily basis — a practice raising concerns about privacy. The offer to share the otherwise protected health information with law enforcement came at the request of Gov. Bill Lee, according to two letters obtained by the Tennessee Lookout. ‘Health has a list of names and addresses of people in Tennessee who have tested positive or are receiving treatment for COVID-19,’ a letter dated April 20 to state police chiefs said.”)