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GA HB1058
Bill
Status
Passed
5/3/2016
Primary Sponsor
Betty Price
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AI Summary
- Pregnant women must be notified of HIV and syphilis testing and given the opportunity to refuse, changing the standard from "informed of her right to refuse" to a notification-and-opt-out model
- Minors who are at risk for HIV may now consent to their own medical or surgical treatment related to HIV diagnosis, expanding an existing right previously limited to minors afflicted with venereal disease
- Eliminates the requirement that the Department of Public Health develop and distribute AIDS/HIV counseling brochures or documents as a condition for meeting the legal definition of "counseling"
- Simplifies the process for ordering an HIV test on a patient whose body fluids exposed a health care provider, removing the prior requirement to offer the patient an opportunity to refuse before testing and removing the restriction against including negative results in medical records without consent
- Changes disclosure of a minor's AIDS confidential information to a parent or legal guardian from mandatory to permissive, while maintaining mandatory disclosure to the parent or guardian of an incompetent person
Legislative Description
Health; HIV and AIDS; revise various statutes
Last Action
Effective Date
7/1/2016
Full Bill Text
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