| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §821, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 487, §11, is | amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read: |
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| | A person who performs an HIV test and concludes that the test | is positive for human immunodeficiency virus or Acquired Immune | Deficiency Syndrome shall report the results of the test, | including the name of the person who is the subject of the test, | to the department.__The department shall adopt rules to implement | this paragraph.__Rules adopted pursuant to this paragraph are | routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, | subchapter II-A. |
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| | This bill requires positive HIV test results to be reported to | the Department of Human Services and directs the department to | adopt rules to implement the requirement. |
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