Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Filed: 5/5/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2578

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2578 on page 3, line
3 22, by changing "January" to "March"; and
 
4 by replacing lines 31 through 34 on page 21, all of page 22,
5 and lines 1 through 29 on page 23 with the following:
 
6     "Section 95. The County Jail Act is amended by adding
7 Section 17.10 as follows:
 
8     (730 ILCS 125/17.10 new)
9     Sec. 17.10. Requirements in connection with HIV/AIDS.
10     (a) In each county other than Cook, during the medical
11 admissions exam, the warden of the jail, a correctional officer
12 at the jail, or a member of the jail medical staff must provide
13 the prisoner with appropriate written information concerning
14 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired
15 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The Department of Public
16 Health and community-based organizations certified to provide
17 HIV/AIDS testing must provide these informational materials to
18 the warden at no cost to the county. The warden, a correctional
19 officer, or a member of the jail medical staff must inform the
20 prisoner of the option of being tested for infection with HIV
21 by a certified local community-based agency or other available
22 medical provider at no charge to the prisoner.
23     (b) In Cook County, during the medical admissions exam, an

 

 

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1 employee of the Cook County Bureau of Health Services must
2 provide the prisoner with appropriate written information
3 concerning human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired
4 immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and must also provide the
5 prisoner with option of testing for infection with HIV or any
6 other identified causative agent of AIDS, as well as counseling
7 in connection with such testing. The Department of Public
8 Health and community-based organizations certified to provide
9 HIV/AIDS testing must provide these informational materials to
10 the Bureau at no cost to the county. The testing provided under
11 this subsection (b) shall be conducted by the Cook County
12 Bureau of Health Services and shall consist of an enzyme-linked
13 immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test or any other test approved by
14 the Department of Public Health. If the test result is
15 positive, the Western Blot Assay or more reliable confirmatory
16 test shall be administered.
17     (c) In each county, the warden of the jail must make
18 appropriate written information concerning HIV/AIDS available
19 to every visitor to the jail. This information must include
20 information concerning persons or entities to contact for local
21 counseling and testing. The Department of Public Health and
22 community-based organizations certified to provide HIV/AIDS
23 testing must provide these informational materials to the
24 warden at no cost to the office of the county sheriff.
25     (d) Implementation of this Section is subject to
26 appropriation.".