{"id":1043,"date":"2010-08-03T17:48:02","date_gmt":"2010-08-03T21:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2015-06-04T15:24:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:24:51","slug":"hiv-testing-ny-makes-progress-massachusetts-not-so-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/hiv-testing-ny-makes-progress-massachusetts-not-so-much\/2010\/08\/03\/","title":{"rendered":"HIV Testing:  NY Makes Progress; Massachusetts &#8230; Not So Much"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1045\" title=\"ZIMMER-MARTINEZ\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/08\/ZIMMER-MARTINEZ1.jpg\" alt=\"ZIMMER-MARTINEZ\" width=\"270\" height=\"174\" \/>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ny.gov\/governor\/press\/073010HivBill.html\" target=\"_blank\">office of New York Governor David Paterson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Governor signed into law S.8227\/A.11487, which will allow patients to agree to HIV testing as part of a general signed consent to medical care that remains in effect until it is revoked or expires.<\/p>\n<p>The bill will also, among other things:\u00a0 allow oral consent to an HIV test for a &#8220;rapid HIV test,&#8221; &#8230;\u00a0permit anonymous testing of the blood of a person who is deceased, comatose or otherwise lacks the ability to consent, if someone such as a health care worker is exposed to the person&#8217;s blood and no one with the authority to consent to testing can be found in time for the exposed worker to begin medical treatment for HIV.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>New York is particularly important for HIV policy in the United States, as it is\u00a0home to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.statehealthfacts.org\/comparemaptable.jsp?ind=516&amp;cat=11\" target=\"_blank\">the largest number of people living with AIDS<\/a> of any state &#8212; only California is close.<\/p>\n<p>I particularly like the provision that HIV testing can be done for occupational exposures when the source of the exposure is unable to provide consent.\u00a0 These exposures are a worker\u00a0safety issue, and the rights of the provider are\u00a0arguably just as\u00a0important\u00a0as the rights of the patient.<\/p>\n<p>As for my home state?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Well\u00a0the latest HIV testing\u00a0bill, opined on <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/index.php\/common-sense-on-the-hiv-testing-law-in-the-bay-state\/2010\/07\/14\/\">here<\/a>, and which looked so promising, just died in the Massachusetts Legislature.\u00a0 Interesting additional coverage of the controversy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/hilary-kramer\/back-in-time-in-the-bay-s_b_653218.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> on The Huffington Post.<\/p>\n<p>Some debate about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=casinos+massachusetts&amp;hl=en&amp;prmd=nm&amp;source=univ&amp;tbs=nws:1&amp;tbo=u&amp;ei=gX9YTPW-ApHungfF0NHaCQ&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=news_group&amp;ct=title&amp;resnum=1&amp;ved=0CCIQsQQwAA\" target=\"_blank\">casinos<\/a> got in the way, I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the office of New York Governor David Paterson: The Governor signed into law S.8227\/A.11487, which will allow patients to agree to HIV testing as part of a general signed consent to medical care that remains in effect until it is revoked or expires. 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