AB659: Bill Text

AB659, s. 64 Section 64. 252.15 (2) (b) of the statutes is repealed.

AB659, s. 65 Section 65. 252.15 (2) (bm) of the statutes is repealed.

AB659, s. 66 Section 66. 252.15 (2m) (title) of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,23,22 252.15 (2m) (title) Consent for HIV testing.

AB659, s. 67 Section 67. 252.15 (2m) (a) of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,24,3 252.15 (2m) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), and subject to par. (c), a health care provider, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center may not subject a person to an HIV test unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:

AB659,24,8 1. The health care provider, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center notifies the person or the person's authorized representative that the person or the person's authorized representative may decline the HIV test and that the person will be subjected to an HIV test unless the person or the person's authorized representative declines the test.

AB659,24,15 2. The health care provider, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center offers the person or the person's authorized representative a brief oral or written explanation or description of HIV infection; HIV test results; requirements under subs. (7) (b) and (7m) for reporting HIV test results; treatment options for a person who has a positive HIV test result; and AIDS service organizations, as defined in s. 252.12 (1) (b), and the services they provide to persons who have a positive HIV test result.

AB659,24,21 3. If a health care provider offers to perform an HIV test, the health care provider notifies the person or the person's authorized representative that if the person or the person's authorized representative declines to have an HIV test performed, the health care provider may not use the fact that the person declined an HIV test as a basis for denying services or treatment, other than an HIV test, to the person.

AB659,24,24 4. The health care provider, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center provides the person or the person's authorized representative an opportunity to ask questions and to decline the HIV test.

AB659,25,6 5. After complying with applicable conditions under subds. 1. to 4., the health care provider, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center verifies that the person or or the person's authorized representative understands that an HIV test will be performed on the person and that the decision of the person or the person's authorized representative regarding whether to have an HIV test performed is not coerced or involuntary.

AB659, s. 68 Section 68. 252.15 (2m) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,25,8 252.15 (2m) (b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any of the following:

AB659, s. 69 Section 69. 252.15 (2m) (b) 4. of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,25,11 252.15 (2m) (b) 4. HIV testing in cases of significant exposure, as provided under sub. (5g) or (5j).

AB659, s. 70 Section 70. 252.15 (2m) (b) 5. of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,25,14 252.15 (2m) (b) 5. HIV testing of a donor of a human body part or human tissue that is required under s. 252.133.

AB659, s. 71 Section 71. 252.15 (2m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,25,20 252.15 (2m) (c) If the subject of an HIV test is a minor who is 14 years of age or older, a health care provider, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center shall provide the notifications and offer the information under par. (a) 1. to 4. to the minor or his or her authorized representative, and only the minor or his or authorized representative may consent to or decline an HIV test under par. (a).

AB659, s. 72 Section 72. 252.15 (2r) of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,25,24 252.15 (2r) Prohibition against conditioning HIV testing on disclosure. A health care provider may not require a person to authorize disclosure of HIV test results as a condition of administering an HIV test to the person.

AB659, s. 73 Section 73. 252.15 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB659, s. 74 Section 74. 252.15 (3m) (b) 1. to 7. of the statutes are created to read:

AB659,26,2 252.15 (3m) (b) 1. The name of the subject of the HIV test.

AB659,26,3 2. Specification of the information that may be disclosed.

AB659,26,4 3. The name of the person authorized to make the disclosure.

AB659,26,5 4. The name of the person to whom the disclosure is authorized.

AB659,26,7 5. The signature of the subject of the HIV test or the signature of the subject's authorized representative.

AB659,26,8 6. The date the authorization is signed as provided under subd. 5.

AB659,26,9 7. The time period during which the authorization for disclosure is effective.

AB659, s. 75 Section 75. 252.15 (3m) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,26,14 252.15 (3m) (c) If the subject of an HIV test is a minor who is 14 years of age or older, only the minor or his or her authorized representative may exercise the test subject's authority to disclose HIV test results under par. (a) or to authorize disclosure of HIV test results under par. (b).

AB659, s. 76 Section 76. 252.15 (3m) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,26,20 252.15 (3m) (d) (intro.) Except as provided under par. (f), a person who is neither the subject of an HIV test nor the subject's authorized representative may without written authorization from the test subject or authorized representative under par. (b) disclose the subject's HIV test results to the following persons under the following circumstances:

AB659, s. 77 Section 77. 252.15 (3m) (e) of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,26,25 252.15 (3m) (e) The health care professional who performs an HIV test under sub. (5g) or (5j) on behalf of a person who has contact with body fluids of the test subject that constitutes as significant exposure shall disclose the HIV test results to the person and the person's physician, physician assistant, or nurse.

AB659, s. 78 Section 78. 252.15 (3m) (f) 1. of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,27,2 252.15 (3m) (f) 1. The subject of the test.

AB659, s. 79 Section 79. 252.15 (3m) (g) of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,27,8 252.15 (3m) (g) A person who was certified to have had contact with body fluid of an individual that constitutes a significant exposure and has the individual's blood subjected to an HIV test under sub. (5g) or (5j) may not disclose the identity of the test subject to any other person except for the purpose of having the HIV test performed.

AB659, s. 80 Section 80. 252.15 (4) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB659,27,15 252.15 (4) Record maintenance. (intro.) A health care provider, blood bank, blood center, or plasma center that obtains from a person a specimen of body fluids or tissues from a person for the purpose of testing for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to an HIV test, or offers to subject a person to an HIV test, shall maintain in the person's health care record all of the following:

AB659, s. 81 Section 81. 252.15 (4) (a) of the statutes is repealed.

AB659, s. 82 Section 82. 252.15 (4) (b) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB659,27,19 252.15 (4) (b) A record of whether the person or his or her authorized representative consented to or declined the HIV test under sub. (2m) (a).

AB659, s. 83 Section 83. 252.15 (4) (bm) of the statutes is created to read:

AB659,27,23 252.15 (4) (bm) A record of any authorization for disclosure of HIV test results that the person or his or her authorized representative has made as provided under sub. (3m) (b).

AB659, s. 84 Section 84. 252.15 (4) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB659,28,6 252.15 (4) (c) Maintain a A record of the test results obtained. A record that is made under the circumstances described in sub. (2) (a) 7m. may not reveal the identity of the test subject of an HIV test administered to the person, except that results of an HIV test administered under sub. (5g) or (5j) or s. 938.296 (4) or (5) or 968.38 (4) or (5) that include the identity of the test subject may not be maintained without the consent of the test subject.

AB659, s. 85 Section 85. 252.15 (5) (title) of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (title) and amended to read:

AB659,28,9 252.15 (3m) (title) Confidentiality and disclosure of HIV test results.

AB659, s. 86 Section 86. 252.15 (5) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (a) and amended to read:

AB659,28,17 252.15 (3m) (a) An individual who is the The subject of a an HIV test for the presence of HIV, antigen or nonantigenic products of HIV or an antibody to HIV or the individual's health care agent, if the individual has executed a power of attorney for health care instrument under ch. 155 and has been found to be incapacitated under s. 155.05 (2), subject's authorized representative may disclose the results of the individual's subject's test to anyone. A

AB659,28,24 (b) Except as provided under par. (d) or (e), a person who is neither the individual subject of the HIV test nor the individual's health care agent subject's authorized representative may not, unless he or she is specifically authorized by the individual to do so, disclose the individual's subject's HIV test results except to the following persons or under unless the subject of the HIV test or his or her authorized representative has signed authorization for the disclosure that contains all of the following circumstances:

AB659, s. 87 Section 87. 252.15 (5) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 1. and amended to read:

AB659,29,6 252.15 (3m) (d) 1. To the subject of the HIV test and, if the test subject has executed a power of attorney for health care instrument under ch. 155 and has been found to be incapacitated under s. 155.05 (2), the health care agent subject's authorized representative.

AB659, s. 88 Section 88. 252.15 (5) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 2. and amended to read:

AB659,29,11 252.15 (3m) (d) 2. To a health care provider who provides care to the test subject of the HIV test, including those instances in which a health care provider provides emergency care to the subject.

AB659, s. 89 Section 89. 252.15 (5) (a) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 3.

AB659, s. 90 Section 90. 252.15 (5) (a) 4. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 4., and 252.15 (3m) (d) 4. (intro.), a. and b., as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB659,29,17 252.15 (3m) (d) 4. (intro.) To a blood bank, blood center, or plasma center that subjects a person to a subjected the test subject to an HIV test under sub. (2) (a), for any of the following purposes:

AB659,29,19 a. Determining the medical acceptability of blood or plasma secured from the test subject of the HIV test.

AB659,29,20 b. Notifying the test subject of the HIV test of the test results.

AB659, s. 91 Section 91. 252.15 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 5.

AB659, s. 92 Section 92. 252.15 (5) (a) 6. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 6. and amended to read:

AB659,30,3 252.15 (3m) (d) 6. To the state epidemiologist or his or her designee, or to a local health officer or his or her designees, for the purpose of providing epidemiologic surveillance or investigation or control of communicable disease.

AB659, s. 93 Section 93. 252.15 (5) (a) 7. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 7. and amended to read:

AB659,30,9 252.15 (3m) (d) 7. To a funeral director, as defined under s. 445.01 (5) (a) 1. or 2. or (c) or to other persons who prepare the body of a decedent the subject of the HIV test for burial or other disposition or to a person who performs an autopsy, or assists in performing an autopsy, on the subject of the HIV test.

AB659, s. 94 Section 94. 252.15 (5) (a) 8. and 9. of the statutes are renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 8. and 9.

AB659, s. 95 Section 95. 252.15 (5) (a) 10. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 10., and 252.15 (3m) (d) 10. (intro.), a. and c., as renumbered, are amended to read:

AB659,30,15 252.15 (3m) (d) 10. (intro.) To Except as provided under par. (g), to a person who conducts research, for the purpose of research, if the researcher:

AB659,30,16 a. Is affiliated with a health care provider under subd. 3 2.

AB659,30,22 c. Provides written assurance to the person disclosing the HIV test results that use of the information requested is only for the purpose under which it is provided to the researcher, the information will not be released to a person not connected with the study, and the final research product will not reveal information that may identify the test subject unless the researcher has first received informed consent for disclosure from the test subject.

AB659, s. 96 Section 96. 252.15 (5) (a) 11. of the statutes is repealed.

AB659, s. 97 Section 97. 252.15 (5) (a) 12. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 11. and amended to read:

AB659,31,3 252.15 (3m) (d) 11. To a coroner, medical examiner, or an appointed assistant to a coroner or medical examiner, if one or more of the following conditions exist applies:

AB659,31,7 a. The coroner, medical examiner, or an appointed assistant is investigating the cause of death of the subject of the HIV test and possible HIV-infected status is relevant to the cause of death of a person whose death is under direct investigation by the coroner, medical examiner or appointed assistant.

AB659,31,17 b. The coroner, medical examiner, or appointed assistant is significantly exposed to a person whose death is under direct investigation by the coroner, medical examiner, or appointed assistant investigating the cause of death of the subject of the HIV test and has contact with the body fluid of the subject of the HIV test that constitutes a significant exposure, if a physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, based on information provided to the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, determines and certifies in writing that the coroner, medical examiner, or appointed assistant has been significantly exposed had a contact that constitutes a significant exposure and if the certification accompanies the request for disclosure.

AB659, s. 98 Section 98. 252.15 (5) (a) 13. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 12. and amended to read:

AB659,31,23 252.15 (3m) (d) 12. To a sheriff, jailer , or keeper of a prison, jail, or house of correction or a person designated with custodial authority by the sheriff, jailer, or keeper, for whom disclosure is necessitated in order to permit the assigning of a private cell to a prisoner who has a positive HIV test result.

AB659, s. 99 Section 99. 252.15 (5) (a) 14. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 13. and amended to read:

AB659,32,6 252.15 (3m) (d) 13. If the test results of a test administered to an individual are subject of the HIV test has a positive HIV test result and the individual is deceased, by the individual's subject's attending physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, to persons, if known to the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse prescriber, with whom the individual has subject had sexual contact or has shared intravenous drug use paraphernalia.

AB659, s. 100 Section 100. 252.15 (5) (a) 15. of the statutes is repealed.

AB659, s. 101 Section 101. 252.15 (5) (a) 17. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 14. and amended to read:

AB659,32,16 252.15 (3m) (d) 14. To an alleged victim or victim, to a health care professional, upon request a person under s. 938.296 (4) (a) to (e) as specified in s. 938.296 (4) (e) or; to a person under s. 938.296 (5) (a) to (e) as specified in s. 938.296 (5) (e) or; to a person under s. 968.38 (4) (a) to (c) or (5) (c), who provides care to the alleged victim or victim and, if the alleged victim or victim is a minor, to the parent or guardian of the alleged victim or victim, as specified in s. 968.38 (4); or to a person under s. 938.296 (4) or 968.38 (5) or (a) to (c) as specified in s. 968.38 (4) or (5).

AB659, s. 102 Section 102. 252.15 (5) (a) 18. of the statutes is repealed.

AB659, s. 103 Section 103. 252.15 (5) (a) 19. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 15. and amended to read:

AB659,33,13 252.15 (3m) (d) 15. If the subject of the HIV test was administered to is a child who has been placed in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional facility, as defined in s. 938.02 (10p), including a placement under s. 48.205, 48.21, 938.205, or 938.21, or for whom placement in a foster home, treatment foster home, group home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional facility is recommended under s. 48.33 (4), 48.425 (1) (g), 48.837 (4) (c), or 938.33 (3) or (4), to an agency directed by a court to prepare a court report under s. 48.33 (1), 48.424 (4) (b), 48.425 (3), 48.831 (2), 48.837 (4) (c), or 938.33 (1), to an agency responsible for preparing a court report under s. 48.365 (2g), 48.425 (1), 48.831 (2), 48.837 (4) (c), or 938.365 (2g), to an agency responsible for preparing a permanency plan under s. 48.355 (2e), 48.38, 48.43 (1) (c) or (5) (c), 48.63 (4) or (5) (c), 48.831 (4) (e), 938.355 (2e), or 938.38 regarding the child, or to an agency that placed the child or arranged for the placement of the child in any of those placements and, by any of those agencies, to any other of those agencies and, by the agency that placed the child or arranged for the placement of the child in any of those placements, to the child's foster parent or treatment foster parent or the operator of the group home, residential care center for children and youth, or juvenile correctional facility in which the child is placed, as provided in s. 48.371 or 938.371.

AB659, s. 104 Section 104. 252.15 (5) (a) 20. of the statutes is renumbered 252.15 (3m) (d) 16. and amended to read: