Sec. 5. Reporting by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the implementation of the strategy under section 2. In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall— support a reporting infrastructure that— minimizes administrative burdens on States, Indian Tribes, Tribal organizations, and localities; and protects the privacy of individuals’ information; and consult with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations and coordinate with the Indian Health Service to create a reporting infrastructure for Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations that— honors and preserves Tribal data sovereignty; and ensures that Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations consent before any Tribal data is reported.

The report under subsection

(a)shall— for each State and Indian Tribe include— the number of case investigators hired, trained, and deployed; the number of contact tracers hired, trained, and deployed; the number of social support specialists hired, trained, and deployed; the number of case investigations launched; the percentage of contacts reached compared to the percentage of contacts identified; the percentage of contacts quarantined or isolated compared to the percentage of contacts reached; the percentage of contacts connected to social supports compared to the percentage of contacts needing such supports to quarantine; and a description of any barriers that limit the ability of contacts to quarantine or isolate or access needed social supports; contextualize data reported so as to mitigate discrimination against historically marginalized communities; and be made public on the internet website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.