Notifiable Diseases

A current list of the conditions and diseases that are required to be reported can be found on the Texas Department of State Health Services website. Both confirmed and suspected cases should be reported, as well as any outbreaks or unusual group expressions of disease. When reporting, please include the patient's name, age, sex, race/ethnicity, DOB, address, telephone number, disease, date of onset, method of diagnosis, and name and contact information of the physician.

Timely reporting helps us to monitor county health trends, identify potential disease outbreaks, prevent secondary transmission, and evaluate the effectiveness of control measures.

To report immediately notifiable diseases during non-business hours call 512-393-5520 and press 3. If no answer, leave a message and your call will be returned within 24 hours.

Tuberculosis (TB)

To report or refer a patient for TB testing and/or treatment, please complete this form and fax it to 512-393-5530
Call 515-393-5569 to speak to the TB case manager
To provide the TB Correctional Report Form or TB Notifiable Conditions Report for a Chapter 89 Facility please click here.

Reporting Forms and Links

General Reporting Form
Varicella (chickenpox)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
Tuberculosis (TB)
To report or refer a patient for TB testing and/or treatment, please complete this form and fax it to 512-393-5530
Call 515-393-5569 to speak to the TB case manager

Perinatal Hepatitis B (HBsAg+ pregnant women)

How To Report a Notifiable Disease
To report a notifiable disease (suspected or confirmed), or a public health emergency:

Call 512-393-5520 to speak to an epidemiologist; or

Submit a Notifiable Disease Report Form;

Fax to HCHD at 512-393-5530; or
Email the form through a secure email address to HCHDInfectiousDisease@co.hays.tx.us;
What Diseases to Report
Visit DSHS Infectious Diseases' Notifiable Disease Conditions for more information about requirements by Texas Health and Safety Code (Chapters 81, 84, and 87). To help keep our community safe, outbreaks or any unusual occurrence of a condition/disease should be reported, even if it is not on the List of Notifiable Conditions.
Notifiable Conditions
Laws and Regulations
Reporting of communicable diseases to Hays County Local Health Department is permitted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Providers are not required to obtain patient consent before sending this information to the health department. See 45 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 164.512(a) and 164.512(b).

Read more about disease reporting in the Texas Health and Safety Code in Chapter 81 Communicable Disease, then 81.041 Reportable Diseases.

Read more about rules in the Texas Administrative Code, Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 97 governing control measures and reporting of communicable diseases.
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For questions please reach out to an epidemiologist.

Call 512-393-5520 and press 3 to reach an epidemiologist.