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Updates to the 2006 CDC HIV Testing Guidelines and State HIV Testing Laws

We are regularly adding to this set of resources, as the debate around the value of informed consent and patient-centered HIV testing laws moves to the front burners in many states. Materials you can now download include a 2006 presentation by the New York Health and Hospitals Corporation on the huge success of an expanded testing program built to include individually-tailored counseling and written proof of informed consent. We’ve also posted slide presentations from a November, 2006 health care provider “summit” in Washington, DC centered on the CDC’s new guidelines, and plans to implement them. These and other materials we will be adding address the legal and quality of care issues raised by attempts to adopt the new guidelines; the myth that patient autonomy and written consent are a barrier to HIV testing and care; and the larger, unaddressed issues of health care financing and infrastructure that place in question the ability to adequately provide for all who are diagnosed and in need of care, including the incarcerated.