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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.