Human Services Committee
Filed: 3/9/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2578




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2578, on page 2, 
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line 11, after the period, by inserting the following: 
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"The State agency or its employees shall not conduct any 
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counseling or testing required to be provided under this 
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subsection, but the agency shall make appropriate arrangements 
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with one or more local health organizations to conduct the 
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counseling or testing.  The testing required to be provided 
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under this subsection is the rapid testing authorized under 
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Section 5.5 of the AIDS Confidentiality Act."; and 
 
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on page 2, after line 17, by inserting the following:

 
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    "Section 20. Study. The Illinois HIV/AIDS Policy and 
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Research Institute at Chicago State University shall conduct a 
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study to determine whether there is a correlation between 
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incarceration and HIV infection.
 
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    Section 25. HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel. 
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    (a) The HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel is established 
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within the Department of Corrections. The Panel shall consist 
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of the following members:
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        (1) One member appointed by the Governor. This member 
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    shall serve as the Chair of the Panel.
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        (2) One representative of each of the following, 
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    appointed by the head of the department: the Department of 
 


 






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    Corrections; the Department of Human Services; and the 
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    Department of Public Health.
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        (3) Two ex-offenders who are familiar with the issue of 
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    HIV/AIDS as it relates to incarceration, appointed by 
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    Governor. One of these members must be from Cook County, 
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    and the other must be from a county other than Cook. Both 
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    of these members must have received a final discharge from 
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    the Department of Corrections.
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        (4) Three representatives of HIV/AIDS organizations 
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    that have been in business for at least 2 years, appointed 
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    by Governor. In the case of such an organization that 
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    represents a constituency the majority of whom are 
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    African-American, the organization's representative who is 
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    a member of the Panel must be African-American.
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    (b) The Panel shall review the implementation of this Act 
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within the Department of Corrections and shall file a report 
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with the General Assembly and with the Governor every January 1 
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stating the results of its review."; and

 
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on page 2, line 18, by changing "Section 20" to "Section 30"; 
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and
 
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on page 2, after line 28, by inserting the following:
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    "(c) The Department of Human Services, the Department of 
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Public Health, the Department of Corrections, and the 
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Department of Central Management Services shall adopt rules as 
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necessary to ensure that this Act is implemented within 6 
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months after the effective date of this Act."; and
 
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on page 13, line 2, after the period, by inserting the 
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following: "An employee of the Department may not directly or 
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indirectly disclose the HIV/AIDS status of a person committed 
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to the Department, or any other information related to HIV/AIDS 
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testing, medical care, counseling, or case management with 
 


 






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respect to a person committed to the Department, to any other 
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person unless authorized to do so by the person committed to 
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the Department."; and
 
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on page 18, line 3, after the period, by inserting the 
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following: "The Department shall ensure that all such 
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information and materials are culturally sensitive and reflect 
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cultural diversity as appropriate.".