Tuesday, July 21, 2020

No-Cost Home Testing in Montgomery County in highly impacted zip codes

For zip code areas that have been especially hard hit by Covid-19, Montgomery County is providing home-based COVID-19 tests at no cost.

For complete info, go to this link: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18jxq35Iv8-PomWXlpaxzIBX8QKR75U7Y/view?usp=sharing

To access this service, email the following information to C19TestingRequest@montgomerycountymd.gov:
1. Referral category met (one or more of the following):
  1. a)  Live in geographic areas highly impacted by COVID-19 (20850, 20874, 20877, 20886, 20901, 20902, 20903, 20904, 20906, or 20910)
  2. b)  Are members of population groups disproportionately affected by COVID-19
  3. c)  Are homebound or facing significant barriers to accessing community COVID-19 testing
  4. d)  Have complex or unique household situations in which home-based COVID-19 testing would be more effective than community COVID-19 testing
  1. Preferred time window for home visit (between 10 am- 1 pm OR 1 pm – 4 pm):
  2. Household Point of Contact First & Last Name:
  3. Household Point of Contact Phone Number:
  4. Household Point of Contact Email Address:
  5. Household Address:
  6. Language Need(s), if applicable:
  7. # of Adults (18+ years) in Household:
  8. # of children (0 – 17 yrs.) in Household:
  9. Anything else the Rapid Response Team should be aware of (special needs; symptomatic, positive or presumed positive COVID-19 cases to allow team to prepare accordingly; special directions for getting to the home, etc.)
Ready Responders medical services home visits collect protected health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Maryland confidentiality laws. DHHS and Ready Responders cannot disclose information to referring organizations/programs about the visit including telemedicine assessment records or testing status/results.

Please note this service is for conducting medical services visits in individual households only; not nursing homes, assisted living facilities, group homes, or shelters.

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