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LD 57 Title Page An Act to Change Reporting Requirements of Certain HIV Test Results LD 57 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
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:

 
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.

 
SUMMARY

 
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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