PRINTER'S NO. 3564
No. 2596 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY BENNINGHOFF, ORIE, READSHAW, TIGUE, BELFANTI,
LAUGHLIN, GEIST, BELARDI, NICKOL, KIRKLAND, CARONE, LYNCH,
OLASZ, ARGALL, HALUSKA, WILT, TRELLO, FAIRCHILD, EGOLF,
SCRIMENTI, CLARK, STABACK, PHILLIPS, E. Z. TAYLOR,
YOUNGBLOOD, McNAUGHTON, RAMOS, BARD, WOJNAROSKI, WAUGH,
STERN, ROSS, ROHRER, A. H. WILLIAMS, SERAFINI, ROONEY,
B. SMITH, SURRA, HENNESSEY, TRUE, WASHINGTON AND THOMAS,
MAY 6, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, MAY 6, 1998
AN ACT
1 Providing for disclosure of HIV-related information to coroners
2 and medical examiners.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Short title.
6 This act shall be known and may be cited as the HIV-Related
7 Information for Coroners and Medical Examiners Act.
8 Section 2. Disclosure.
9 Notwithstanding section 7(a) of the act of November 29, 1990
10 (P.L.585, No.148), known as the Confidentiality of HIV-Related
11 Information Act, a person who obtains confidential HIV-related
12 information in the course of providing any health or social
13 service or pursuant to a release of confidential HIV-related
14 information under section 7(c) of the Confidentiality of HIV-
15 Related Information Act may disclose or may be compelled to
1 disclose the information to a coroner, deputy coroner, medical
2 examiner or deputy medical examiner as part of an investigation.
3 Section 3. Repeal.
4 All acts and parts of acts are repealed insofar as they are
5 inconsistent with this act.
6 Section 4. Effective date.
7 This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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