For more than a decade, both public health advocates and privacy advocates have responded to this need by calling for clearer protections for state public health information and developing model state policies.17,19,20 To disseminate ideas to update state public health privacy laws, Gostin et al. developed the Model State Health Privacy Act (MSHPA), a model statute for states to use as a guide in developing new laws, in 1999.18 The MSHPA contains detailed language about the appropriate acquisition and use of public health information, terms for when it is appropriate for state health departments to disclose that information, and penalties for noncompliance. After the events in the fall of 2001, the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act (MSEHPA) was drafted to promote the adoption of state public health emergency statutes that contained, among other things, language related to the disclosure of public health information.21 Despite these efforts, anecdotal information suggests that few states have adopted the public health privacy and disclosure provisions recommended in the MSHPA and MSEHPA.