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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB0255
Introduced 1/14/2005, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Creates the HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Department of
Corrections Offenders,
Significant
Others, and
Family Act. Provides that the Department of Corrections and the Department of
Public Health shall jointly develop and
implement an HIV/AIDS prevention education program targeted to offenders
incarcerated in Department of Corrections facilities,
significant others, and family of adult and juvenile prison inmates. Provides
that the Illinois Department of Corrections shall: (1)
provide, in all public waiting rooms of detention facilities and prisons,
printed information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis
C, and other sexually transmitted diseases and referral
information to community-based-providers of HIV/AIDS
prevention, HIV/AIDS treatment, and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services
throughout
Illinois; (2) display in all public waiting rooms of
detention facilities and prisons an HIV/AIDS informational video, produced by a
national organization with expertise in HIV/AIDS
prevention; (3) provide written information on the transmission and prevention
of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually
transmitted diseases to all inmates upon entrance to a detention center or
prison and offer voluntary HIV/AIDS testing to all inmates; and
(4) provide written information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS,
hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted
diseases to all inmates just prior to their release from custody and referral
to appropriate community based organizations that
provide HIV/AIDS services and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing. Provides that
one
year after implementation of this Act, the Illinois
Department of Corrections shall report to the Illinois General Assembly on the
effectiveness of this program in increasing voluntary
HIV/AIDS testing. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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HB0255 |
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LRB094 04960 RLC 34990 b |
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| AN ACT concerning health.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the |
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| HIV/AIDS Prevention
Program
for Department of Corrections |
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| Offenders, Significant Others, and Family Act.
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| Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "HIV/AIDS" means the |
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| human
immunodeficiency virus or any other identified causative |
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| agent of acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome.
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| Section 10. HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Department of |
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| Corrections
Offenders, Significant
Others, and Family. The |
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| Department of Corrections
and the Department of Public Health |
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| shall jointly develop and implement an
HIV/AIDS
prevention |
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| education program targeted to
offenders incarcerated in |
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| Department of Corrections facilities, significant
others, and |
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| family of adult and juvenile prison inmates.
Through this |
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| program, the Illinois Department of Corrections shall: (1)
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| provide, in all public waiting rooms of detention facilities
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| and prisons, printed information on the transmission and |
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| prevention of
HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually |
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| transmitted
diseases and referral
information to |
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| community-based-providers of
HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS |
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| treatment, and HIV/AIDS counseling and
testing services |
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| throughout Illinois; (2) display in all public waiting rooms
of |
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| detention facilities and prisons an HIV/AIDS informational
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| video, produced by a national organization with expertise in |
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| HIV/AIDS
prevention; (3) provide written information on the
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| transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other |
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| sexually
transmitted diseases to all inmates upon entrance to a
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| detention center or prison and offer voluntary HIV/AIDS testing |
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| to all inmates;
and
(4) provide written information on the |