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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2578
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2578 on page 3, line | ||||||
| 3 | 22, by changing "January" to "March"; and | ||||||
| 4 | by replacing lines 31 through 34 on page 21, all of page 22, | ||||||
| 5 | and lines 1 through 29 on page 23 with the following:
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| 6 | "Section 95. The County Jail Act is amended by adding | ||||||
| 7 | Section 17.10 as follows: | ||||||
| 8 | (730 ILCS 125/17.10 new) | ||||||
| 9 | Sec. 17.10. Requirements in connection with HIV/AIDS. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) In each county other than Cook, during the medical | ||||||
| 11 | admissions exam, the warden of the jail, a correctional officer | ||||||
| 12 | at the jail, or a member of the jail medical staff must provide | ||||||
| 13 | the prisoner with appropriate written information concerning | ||||||
| 14 | human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired | ||||||
| 15 | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The Department of Public | ||||||
| 16 | Health and community-based organizations certified to provide | ||||||
| 17 | HIV/AIDS testing must provide these informational materials to | ||||||
| 18 | the warden at no cost to the county. The warden, a correctional | ||||||
| 19 | officer, or a member of the jail medical staff must inform the | ||||||
| 20 | prisoner of the option of being tested for infection with HIV | ||||||
| 21 | by a certified local community-based agency or other available | ||||||
| 22 | medical provider at no charge to the prisoner. | ||||||
| 23 | (b) In Cook County, during the medical admissions exam, an | ||||||
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| 1 | employee of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services must | ||||||
| 2 | provide the prisoner with appropriate written information | ||||||
| 3 | concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired | ||||||
| 4 | immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and must also provide the | ||||||
| 5 | prisoner with option of testing for infection with HIV or any | ||||||
| 6 | other identified causative agent of AIDS, as well as counseling | ||||||
| 7 | in connection with such testing. The Department of Public | ||||||
| 8 | Health and community-based organizations certified to provide | ||||||
| 9 | HIV/AIDS testing must provide these informational materials to | ||||||
| 10 | the Bureau at no cost to the county. The
testing provided under | ||||||
| 11 | this subsection (b) shall be conducted by the Cook County | ||||||
| 12 | Bureau of Health Services and shall consist of an enzyme-linked
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| 13 | immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other test approved by
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| 14 | the Department of Public Health. If the test result is | ||||||
| 15 | positive,
the Western Blot Assay or more reliable confirmatory | ||||||
| 16 | test shall be
administered. | ||||||
| 17 | (c) In each county, the warden of the jail must make | ||||||
| 18 | appropriate written information concerning HIV/AIDS available | ||||||
| 19 | to every visitor to the jail. This information must include | ||||||
| 20 | information concerning persons or entities to contact for local | ||||||
| 21 | counseling and testing. The Department of Public Health and | ||||||
| 22 | community-based organizations certified to provide HIV/AIDS | ||||||
| 23 | testing must provide these informational materials to the | ||||||
| 24 | warden at no cost to the office of the county sheriff. | ||||||
| 25 | (d) Implementation of this Section is subject to | ||||||
| 26 | appropriation.".
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