[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4507 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4507

To require in certain circumstances that States disclose the HIV status 
  of newborn infants to legal guardians of the infants, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 26, 1994

 Mr. Ackerman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require in certain circumstances that States disclose the HIV status 
  of newborn infants to legal guardians of the infants, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Newborn Infant HIV Notification 
Act''.

SEC. 2. STATE DISCLOSURES TO LEGAL GUARDIANS OF HIV STATUS OF NEWBORN 
              INFANTS.

    (a) In General.--If a State requires that the results of the HIV 
testing of a newborn infant be reported to the State (or the State 
conducts an HIV test of the infant), the State shall promptly disclose 
the results of the testing in accordance with the following, as 
applicable to the infant involved:
            (1) To the biological mother of the infant, if the mother 
        is a legal guardian of the infant.
            (2) If the State is the legal guardian of the infant:
                    (A) To the appropriate official of the State agency 
                with responsibility for the care of the infant.
                    (B) To the appropriate official of each authorized 
                agency providing assistance in the placement of the 
                infant.
                    (C) If the authorized agency is giving significant 
                consideration to approving an individual as a foster 
                parent of the infant, to the prospective foster parent.
                    (D) If the authorized agency is giving significant 
                consideration to approving an individual as an adoptive 
                parent of the infant, to the prospective adoptive 
                parent.
            (3) If neither paragraph (1) nor (2) is applicable, to 
        another legal guardian of the infant.
    (b) HIV Counseling.--In disclosing test results under subsection 
(a) to an individual (other than a disclosure to an official of a State 
or an authorized agency), the State shall ensure that appropriate 
counseling on the human immunodeficiency virus is provided to the 
individual.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) The term ``authorized agency'', with respect to the 
        placement of a child (including an infant) for whom a State is 
        a legal guardian, means an entity licensed or otherwise 
        approved by the State to assist in such placement.
            (2)(A) The terms ``HIV testing'' and ``HIV test'' mean 
        medically valid testing to determine whether an individual is 
        infected with HIV.
            (B) The term ``HIV'' means the human immunodeficiency 
        virus.
            (C) The term ``human immunodeficiency virus'' means the 
        etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
            (3) The term ``results'', with respect to a HIV test of an 
        individual, means a medically valid determination that the 
        individual is not infected with the human immunodeficiency 
        virus, or is infected with the virus, as the case may be.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act is effective in the case of HIV testing conducted on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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