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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to health
Companion bill
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Relates to HIV reporting
In Assembly Committee · Rules · Sponsor Richard Gottfried
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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to access to HIV surveillance information for purposes of care coordination
Purpose
To allow the sharing of HIV surveillance data with care coordinators and care coordination systems.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 amends PHL§ 2135 to allow the sharing of HIV surveillance data with care coordinators and care coordination systems, and further defines care coordination.
Section 2 provides an effective date.
Justification
Allowing the sharing of HIV surveillance data with medical providers and care coordination systems will improve linkages and retention of HIV-infected persons in care. This change will also enable providers to improve HIV care outreach by using client-level data to identify patients lost to care. It would also enable the creation of systems to monitor the effectiveness of HIV prevention treatments, such as PrEP and nPEP.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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