Bill Text: VA HB1688 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Prisoners; mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398) [HB1688 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2011-HB1688-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 398 An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 53.1-33.1, relating to testing inmates for HIV. [H 1688] Approved March 23, 2011

 

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 53.1-33.1 as follows:

§ 53.1-33.1. Mandatory testing for human immunodeficiency virus.

The Department shall offer to test each inmate, who does not have a record of a positive test result, for infection with human immunodeficiency virus within 60 days of the scheduled discharge of the inmate from a state correctional facility. Prior to administering a test for human immunodeficiency virus, the Department shall inform, or cause to be informed, the inmate to be tested of the purpose of the test. Any inmate may choose not to be tested.