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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4115
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 4115 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning health."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
8 HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Department of Corrections
9 Offenders, Significant Others, and Family Act.
10 Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "HIV/AIDS" means the
11 human immunodeficiency virus or any other identified
12 causative agent of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
13 Section 10. HIV/AIDS Prevention Program for Department of
14 Corrections Offenders, Significant Others, and Family. The
15 Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Health
16 shall jointly develop and implement an HIV/AIDS prevention
17 education program targeted to offenders incarcerated in
18 Department of Corrections facilities, significant others, and
19 family of adult and juvenile prison inmates. Through this
20 program, the Illinois Department of Corrections shall: (1)
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1 provide, in all public waiting rooms of detention facilities
2 and prisons, printed information on the transmission and
3 prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and other sexually
4 transmitted diseases and referral information to
5 community-based-providers of HIV/AIDS prevention, HIV/AIDS
6 treatment, and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing services
7 throughout Illinois; (2) display in all public waiting rooms
8 of detention facilities and prisons an HIV/AIDS informational
9 video, produced by a national organization with expertise in
10 HIV/AIDS prevention; (3) provide written information on the
11 transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and
12 other sexually transmitted diseases to all inmates upon
13 entrance to a detention center or prison and offer voluntary
14 HIV/AIDS testing to all inmates; and (4) provide written
15 information on the transmission and prevention of HIV/AIDS,
16 hepatitis C, and other sexually transmitted diseases to all
17 inmates just prior to their release from custody and referral
18 to appropriate community based organizations that provide
19 HIV/AIDS services and HIV/AIDS counseling and testing.
20 Section 15. Report to the General Assembly. One year
21 after implementation of this Act, the Illinois Department of
22 Corrections shall report to the General Assembly on the
23 effectiveness of this program in increasing voluntary
24 HIV/AIDS testing.
25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26 becoming law.".