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July 14, 2020Des Moines, Iowa |  By: AP

Iowa auditor questions legality of Test Iowa reporting chain

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Auditor Rob Sand says the Test Iowa program brought to the state under a $28 million no-bid contract by Gov. Kim Reynolds on recommendation from actor Ashton Kutcher is violating state law in the way it handles test results data. 

Sand says Test Iowa results first go to two Utah companies contracted to provide testing then to the state's chief information officer and then to the Iowa Department of Public Health.

Sand says this indirect route violates a law requiring laboratories to immediately report infectious diseases to the public health department. Pubic health spokeswoman Amy McCoy says the reporting process follows Iowa law.