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I don't know about your state. HIPAA means a limited number of management employees will be notified, not new or unique to coronavirus. Often it's HR unless there are staff medical professionals, or the direct manager/supervisor in a smaller org.With HIPAA regulations, who is required to report to who?
Our has county with 212,000 population and 170 cases/6 deaths, and it is the state, that is reporting statistics. Our county commissioners and the county health commissioner has no information whatsoever on the caseload in our county, and they should be the first to know to take adequate action. Go figure.
Unless it changed recently, in our state WRT coronavirus the employer is obligated to send the employee home immediately for quarantine and they cannot return to work until they've been medically cleared. The employer is supposed to immediately notify all employees who may have been exposed to the infected employee so they can be tested, without disclosing who it is/was (though often that will be obvious). Not required, but several restaurants near us upon discovering an infected employee do all the above, and then close for a few days to deep clean the entire restaurant. Restaurants are NOT required to inform the public if they've had an infected employee (that's why you should always take precautions as if you could be exposed), but some elect to do so.
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