TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on May 11, 2020

Republican and Democrat state legislators increasingly are raising concerns about the Lee Administration’s practice of sharing names and addresses of COVID-19-positive people with law enforcement, the Tennessean reports. At the direction of the governor, the Tennessee Department of Health is providing law enforcement a daily list of names and addresses of individuals who have tested positive for the coronavirus. Those individuals are not informed that their information is being shared with police the paper reports. A number of Republicans and Democrats alike agree the practice raises serious concerns about liberty and privacy and should be reconsidered, if not immediately suspended. Those calling for an end to the practice include the Tennessee Caucus of Black State Legislators and conservative Republican lawmaker Scott Cepicky of Maury County.