Wisconsin Laws on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Enacted During the 1989-90 Legislative Session

• NCJ Number: 124385
• Author(s): R Sweet
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 10 pages
• Corporate Author: Wisconsin Legislative Council
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Information Memorandum 90-13

Annotation

This report describes six Wisconsin laws enacted during the 1989-90 legislative session and relating directly or indirectly to AIDS and HIV infection.

Abstract

One law provides funding for AIDS-related services such as home care services; advocacy; needs assessments; assistance in procuring financial, medical, legal, social, and pastoral services; and reimbursement for the cost of azidothymidine and pentamidine. Other laws relate to the use of a power of attorney for health care; nondiscrimination by insurers; health care providers; HIV testing by health care providers; and testing of minors and persons who are incompetent. Further laws relate to AIDS education, the prohibition of employers' use of HIV tests; subsidies for insurance premiums; and the testing of new drugs to treat HIV-related disease.