Partner Treatment for STIs

Expedited Partner  Therapy

STATE

PERMITS TREATMENT OF A PATIENT'S PARTNER FOR:

INFORMATION FOR A PATIENT'S PARTNER

All or Most STIs

Chlamydia

Gonorrhea

Trichomoniasis

Alaska

X

Arizona

X

Arkansas^*

X

X

California

X

Colorado

X

Connecticut

X

X

Delaware^†,‡​

X

X

Required 

District of Columbia

X

X

X

Required

Georgia

X

X

Hawaii

X

X

Idaho^‡​

X

X

Illinois^†​

X

X

Required

Indiana

X

X

Required

Iowa

X

X

Kentucky

X

X

X

Louisiana

X

X

Required

Maine^†​

X

Required

Maryland

X

X

X 

Massachusetts

X

Encouraged

Michigan ^*,†​

X

X

Minnesota^‡​

X

X

Missouri

X

X

Nebraska

X

X

X 

Required

Nevada^‡​

X

X

New Hampshire

X

New Jersey*

X

X

New Mexico^† 

X

X

X

Encouraged

New York

X

X 

Required

North Carolina^‡​

X

X

North Dakota

X

Ohio

X

X

X

Required

Oregon^†

X

X

Encouraged

Rhode Island

X

X

Tennessee^†​

X

Required

Texas

X

Utah

X

X

Vermont

X^Ψ​

 X 

Required

Washington

X

X

Required 

West Virgina^Ω,†​

Wisconsin

X

X

X

Required

TOTAL

8

30+DC

28+DC

6+DC

15+DC

*  State policy is limited to different-sex partners.
† Allows treatment of a partner exposed to the infection in the 60 days before the patient was diagnosed.
‡  Requires providers to follow CDC guidelines, which recommend expedited partner treatment for different-sex partners of a patient with chlamydia or gonorrhea.
Ψ The state is developing regulations to expand partner therapy to additional conditions.
Ω The state is developing guidelines on conditions eligible for therapy.