Full Text of HB2578 94th General Assembly
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Human Services Committee
Filed: 3/9/2005
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2578
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2578, on page 2, | 3 |
| line 11, after the period, by inserting the following: | 4 |
| "The State agency or its employees shall not conduct any | 5 |
| counseling or testing required to be provided under this | 6 |
| subsection, but the agency shall make appropriate arrangements | 7 |
| with one or more local health organizations to conduct the | 8 |
| counseling or testing. The testing required to be provided | 9 |
| under this subsection is the rapid testing authorized under | 10 |
| Section 5.5 of the AIDS Confidentiality Act."; and | 11 |
| on page 2, after line 17, by inserting the following:
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| "Section 20. Study. The Illinois HIV/AIDS Policy and | 13 |
| Research Institute at Chicago State University shall conduct a | 14 |
| study to determine whether there is a correlation between | 15 |
| incarceration and HIV infection. | 16 |
| Section 25. HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel. | 17 |
| (a) The HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel is established | 18 |
| within the Department of Corrections. The Panel shall consist | 19 |
| of the following members: | 20 |
| (1) One member appointed by the Governor. This member | 21 |
| shall serve as the Chair of the Panel. | 22 |
| (2) One representative of each of the following, | 23 |
| appointed by the head of the department: the Department of |
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| Corrections; the Department of Human Services; and the | 2 |
| Department of Public Health. | 3 |
| (3) Two ex-offenders who are familiar with the issue of | 4 |
| HIV/AIDS as it relates to incarceration, appointed by | 5 |
| Governor. One of these members must be from Cook County, | 6 |
| and the other must be from a county other than Cook. Both | 7 |
| of these members must have received a final discharge from | 8 |
| the Department of Corrections. | 9 |
| (4) Three representatives of HIV/AIDS organizations | 10 |
| that have been in business for at least 2 years, appointed | 11 |
| by Governor. In the case of such an organization that | 12 |
| represents a constituency the majority of whom are | 13 |
| African-American, the organization's representative who is | 14 |
| a member of the Panel must be African-American. | 15 |
| (b) The Panel shall review the implementation of this Act | 16 |
| within the Department of Corrections and shall file a report | 17 |
| with the General Assembly and with the Governor every January 1 | 18 |
| stating the results of its review."; and
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| on page 2, line 18, by changing "Section 20" to "Section 30"; | 20 |
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| on page 2, after line 28, by inserting the following: | 22 |
| "(c) The Department of Human Services, the Department of | 23 |
| Public Health, the Department of Corrections, and the | 24 |
| Department of Central Management Services shall adopt rules as | 25 |
| necessary to ensure that this Act is implemented within 6 | 26 |
| months after the effective date of this Act."; and | 27 |
| on page 13, line 2, after the period, by inserting the | 28 |
| following: " An employee of the Department may not directly or | 29 |
| indirectly disclose the HIV/AIDS status of a person committed | 30 |
| to the Department, or any other information related to HIV/AIDS | 31 |
| testing, medical care, counseling, or case management with |
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| respect to a person committed to the Department, to any other | 2 |
| person unless authorized to do so by the person committed to | 3 |
| the Department. "; and | 4 |
| on page 18, line 3, after the period, by inserting the | 5 |
| following: " The Department shall ensure that all such | 6 |
| information and materials are culturally sensitive and reflect | 7 |
| cultural diversity as appropriate. ".
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