Human Services Committee
Filed: 3/9/2005
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2578
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2 | 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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12 | "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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1 | 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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19 | on page 2, line 18, by changing "Section 20" to "Section 30"; | ||||||
20 | and | ||||||
21 | 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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1 | 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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