Chapter 84, An Act to Increase Routine Screening for HIV
An Act to Increase Routine Screening for HIV Memorandum
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
- S2158 (Enacted Text)
- Other versions:
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Documents
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- AP: Mass. Senate backs bill on HIV testing consent By: Bob Salsberg
- The Boston Globe: HIV bill: Protects rights and streamlines test By: Marjorie Pritchard
- The Boston Globe: Patrick signs law to allow HIV test with verbal consent By: Kay Lazar
- State House News Service: MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY TESTIFIES IN OPPOSITION TO BILL ON HIV TESTING (4-5-11)
- State House News Service: ADVANCES – WEEK OF JULY 17, 2011
- State House News Service: HEALTH CARE GROUPS, PHYSICIANS STRONGLY OPPOSE HIV BILL (9-13-11)
- State House News Service: HIV SCREENING COULD GET BOOST FROM BILL ON SENATE AGENDA By Kyle Cheney FEB. 27, 2012
- State House News Service: SENATE SESSION – THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – MORNING EDITION – THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012
- State House News Service: MORNING EDITION – FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012
- State House News Service: TO BOOST HIV TESTING, ACTIVISTS PUSH VERBAL CONSENT BILL By Colleen Quinn APRIL 5, 2011
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – AFTERNOON EDITION – THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2012
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2012