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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 157

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informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, with some specific exceptions, a patient's health care

records, as well as the results of a test for the presence of HIV, are released only with

the patient's or test subject's consent. One exception is the release of a prisoner's

health care records to the prisoner's health care provider, the medical staff in the

prison or jail, or a person maintaining prisoner medical records. This bill permits

health care disclosures about a prisoner to persons designated to have custodial

authority over the prisoner or who are responsible for transferring a prisoner to or

from a prison or jail if both of the following apply: 1) the prisoner is found to have

a communicable disease or an HIV test conducted on the prisoner was positive for

the presence of HIV; and 2) the disclosure is necessary for the health and safety of

the prisoner, other prisoners, the person having custodial authority, the person

responsible for transferring the prisoner, or an employee of the prison or jail.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Endsley (R) , Jacque (R) , Kaufert (R) , Kestell (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Krug (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Litjens (R) , Molepske Jr (D) , Mursau (R) , Nerison (R) , Nygren (R) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Ripp (R) , Shilling (D) , Staskunas (D) , Steineke (R) , Tranel (R)

8 cosponsors

Hansen (D) , Hopper (R) , Lazich (R) , Leibham (R) , Olsen (R) , Schultz (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Full history

  1. May 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Nygren, Ballweg, Bernier, Bies, Brooks, Endsley, Jacque, Kaufert, Kestell, Kleefisch, Krug, LeMahieu, Litjens, Molepske Jr, Mursau, Nerison, A. Ott, Petersen, Petryk, Ripp, Shilling, Staskunas, Steineke and Tranel;Cosponsored by Senators Hopper, Wanggaard, Leibham, Olsen, Lazich, Schultz and Hansen

  2. May 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Corrections

  3. Jun 15, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 15, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 5, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative Spanbauer added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1