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NCJ Number:	132989

Title:	Summary of AIDS Laws From the 1989 Legislative Sessions

Author(s):	I A Bowleg; K Cauley

Corporate Author:	George Washington University Intergovernmental Health Policy Project United States of America

Date Published:	1990

Page Count:	192

Sponsoring Agency:	Ford Foundation New York, NY 10017 George Gund Foundation Cleveland, OH 44115 George Washington University Washington, DC 20006 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Princeton, NJ 08543

Type:	Legislation/Policy Description

Format:	Document

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	This document presents summaries of the more than 140 laws related to AIDS enacted in State legislative sessions in 1987.

Abstract:	One or more laws were passed in Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wyoming. The laws focused on HIV antibody testing, confidentiality and privacy, AIDS prevention and education, AIDS in correctional facilities, reporting and notification, discrimination, medical care, blood donations, school and workplace AIDS policies, and other topics. Chart

Main Term(s):	AIDS/HIV transmission; State laws

Index Term(s):	AIDS/HIV in correctional facilities; AIDS/HIV prevention



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