Colonial Manor of Amana COVID-19 deaths
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| Submitted | March 24, 2021 |
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From: Ben Welsh
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Iowa Open Records Law, I hereby request the following records:
The number of deaths linked to the COVID-19 outbreak at each of the state's licensed nursing homes. This data is now already being released for case counts, which shows that the state has no legal issue releasing facility level totals. What is now released for cases, I asked be released for cumulative deaths, for all facilities in state. I ask that it be released in a machine readable electronic format, like a spreadsheet or text file of comma separated values.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Ben Welsh
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Iowa Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on . Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Public Health
The records you've requested do not exist in the format in which they've
been requested. IDPH does not maintain the data by facility name; data is
collected by the facility type. The aggregate data for facility type is
available on the COVID19 website www.coronavirus.iowa.gov.
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From: Ben Welsh
I would like to file a formal appeal.
Your office clearly must collect the data by facility in order to do the aggregation by facility type.
Also, your office has already provided case counts at the facility level, which demonstrates you do track data in this way. It also shows that these records have not been considered as shielded from release and therefore neither should the deaths.
Simply because you do not currently release the records on your website does not mean you cannot release in response to my request. In fact, allowing me to acquire and share this kind of information is purpose of the Iowa public records law. And the records I seek are clearly in the public interest, and released by other states.
For these reasons, I ask you to reconsider your rejection, and forward on my request for a formal legal appeal.
From: Ben Welsh
What is the status of my appeal?
From: Department of Public Health
IDPH has received your request. The appropriate staff will review your request and respond accordingly. Thank you.
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Iowa Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 24, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Public Health
IDPH has received your request. The appropriate staff will review your request and respond accordingly. Thank you.
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Iowa Department of Public Health
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This email message and its attachments may contain confidential information that is exempt from disclosure under Iowa Code chapters 22, 139A, and other applicable law. Confidential information is for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you believe that you have received this transmission in error, please reply to the sender, and then delete all copies of this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, retention, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited by law.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Iowa Open Records Law request, copied below, and originally submitted on March 24, 2021. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Department of Public Health
Hello,
Our team has shared with you that the requested records are confidential
under Iowa Code section 139A.3(2) and therefore is not subject to
disclosure, additionally, we have shared that there is not report
available. IDPH does not have a formal administrative appeals process
regarding your request.
Thank you.
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Iowa Department of Public Health
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