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 1        AN ACT concerning health.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 1. Short title. This Act  may  be  cited  as  the
 5    HIV/AIDS  Prevention  Program  for  Department of Corrections
 6    Offenders, Significant Others, and Family Act.

 7        Section 5. Definition.  In this Act, "HIV/AIDS" means the
 8    human  immunodeficiency  virus  or   any   other   identified
 9    causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

10        Section 10. HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Department of
11    Corrections  Offenders,  Significant  Others, and Family. The
12    Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Health
13    shall jointly develop and implement  an  HIV/AIDS  prevention
14    education  program  targeted  to  offenders  incarcerated  in
15    Department of Corrections facilities, significant others, and
16    family  of  adult  and  juvenile prison inmates. Through this
17    program, the Illinois Department of  Corrections  shall:  (1)
18    provide,  in all public waiting rooms of detention facilities
19    and prisons, printed  information  on  the  transmission  and
20    prevention  of  HIV/AIDS,  hepatitis  C,  and  other sexually
21    transmitted   diseases   and    referral    information    to
22    community-based-providers  of  HIV/AIDS  prevention, HIV/AIDS
23    treatment,  and  HIV/AIDS  counseling  and  testing  services
24    throughout Illinois; (2) display in all public waiting  rooms
25    of detention facilities and prisons an HIV/AIDS informational
26    video,  produced by a national organization with expertise in
27    HIV/AIDS prevention; (3) provide written information  on  the
28    transmission  and  prevention  of  HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and
29    other sexually  transmitted  diseases  to  all  inmates  upon
30    entrance  to a detention center or prison and offer voluntary
 
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 1    HIV/AIDS testing to all  inmates;  and  (4)  provide  written
 2    information  on  the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS,
 3    hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases  to  all
 4    inmates just prior to their release from custody and referral
 5    to  appropriate  community  based  organizations that provide
 6    HIV/AIDS services and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing.

 7        Section 15. Report to the  General  Assembly.   One  year
 8    after  implementation of this Act, the Illinois Department of
 9    Corrections shall report  to  the  General  Assembly  on  the
10    effectiveness   of   this  program  in  increasing  voluntary
11    HIV/AIDS testing.

12        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
13    becoming law.