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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2256
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2256 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | lines 15 through 26 on page 7 and lines 1 through 5 on page 8 | ||||||
| 4 | with the following: | ||||||
| 5 | "(l) Prior to the release of any inmate, the Department | ||||||
| 6 | must provide the inmate with the option of testing for | ||||||
| 7 | infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as | ||||||
| 8 | counseling in connection with such testing, with no copayment | ||||||
| 9 | for the test. At the same time, the Department shall require | ||||||
| 10 | each such inmate to sign a form stating that the inmate has | ||||||
| 11 | been informed of his or her rights with respect to the testing | ||||||
| 12 | required to be offered under this subsection (l) and providing | ||||||
| 13 | the inmate with an opportunity to indicate either that he or | ||||||
| 14 | she wants to be tested or that he or she does not want to be | ||||||
| 15 | tested. The Department, in consultation with the Department of | ||||||
| 16 | Public Health, shall prescribe the contents of the form. The
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| 17 | testing provided under this subsection (l) shall consist of an | ||||||
| 18 | enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other | ||||||
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| 1 | test approved by
the Department of Public Health. If the test | ||||||
| 2 | result is positive,
the Western Blot Assay or more reliable | ||||||
| 3 | confirmatory test shall be
administered."; and
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| 4 | by replacing lines 25 and 26 on page 9 and lines 1 through 15 on | ||||||
| 5 | page 10 with the following: | ||||||
| 6 | "Department also must test offer the
committed person the | ||||||
| 7 | option of being tested, with no copayment, for infection with | ||||||
| 8 | human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The Department shall | ||||||
| 9 | require each committed person to sign a form stating that the | ||||||
| 10 | committed person has been informed of his or her rights with | ||||||
| 11 | respect to the testing required to be offered under this | ||||||
| 12 | subsection (d) and providing the committed person with an | ||||||
| 13 | opportunity to indicate either that he or she wants to be | ||||||
| 14 | tested or that he or she does not want to be tested. The | ||||||
| 15 | Department, in consultation with the Department of Public | ||||||
| 16 | Health, shall prescribe the contents of the form. The
testing | ||||||
| 17 | provided under this subsection (d) shall consist of an | ||||||
| 18 | enzyme-linked
immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other | ||||||
| 19 | test approved by
the Department of Public Health. If the test | ||||||
| 20 | result is positive,
the Western Blot Assay or more reliable | ||||||
| 21 | confirmatory test shall be
administered. Implementation of | ||||||
| 22 | this subsection (d) is subject to appropriation.".
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