On May 19th from 11:00- 12:30 PM, CHCANYS will be hosting a community conference call with State Senate Health Committee Chair, Tom Duane to discuss strategies to improve and increase HIV testing. During the first half of the call, Senator Duane will join us to present a bill that he is sponsoring, S3293/A7610 Re: Routine Offering of HIV Testing. The proposed legislation amends the State’s Public Health Law in order to expand the number of New Yorkers voluntarily being tested for HIV. Among its provisions, this legislation: ·Requires the routine offering of HIV tests to individuals ages 18-64 in most healthcare settings; ·Preserves written, informed consent to testing but simplifies the process of obtaining it – so much that it can be done in the waiting room as part of a general medical consent;
A copy of the bill text along with the sponsor’s memo is available online at: http://tomduane.com/Legislation/S3293html. |
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