HI SB2391

Authorizes law enforcement officers, correctional officers, emergency medical services personnel, firefighters, medical examiners, coroners, and public agency employees or volunteers to petition a court for mandatory testing of a person or decedent who may have exposed them to a communicable disease through blood or bodily fluids during their duties.

Requires petitioners to submit exposure information to the Hawaii Department of Health before filing a petition, and the department must establish criteria based on current scientific information to determine if substantial exposure occurred.

Courts must hold prompt hearings and order testing (two appropriate specimens) if probable cause exists that transfer of blood or bodily fluids occurred and a positive result would require the petitioner to seek medical intervention.

Testing costs shall be paid by the petitioner's employer or volunteer agency, or their insurer.

Test results must be disclosed to the petitioner and in accordance with section 325-101, with all court records sealed and confidential except for good cause shown.