Florida Senate Bill 144

Paper Summary:

Because of the serious problems that are still being seen with AIDS, especially in the black community, there is now legislation - known as Florida Senate Bill 144 - that is trying to make HIV/AIDS testing mandatory for newborns. This paper examines the policy, provides an overview of the bill and discusses its implementation. The paper also discusses the bill's importance to the African-American community.

Outline:
Policy Summary
Delineation and Overview of the Policy Under Analysis
Historical Overview
Implementation
Economic Analysis of the Policy
Policy/Program Evaluation and Current Proposals for Policy Change
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"However, this is not always true and some individuals may wish to be tested based on the fact that they believe a partner has cheated and possibly has contracted the virus. There are many reasons why individuals would want to be tested and there are many relatively innocent individuals who receive the disease from others in various ways even when they assumed that the other individual was safe and healthy. Since AIDS takes some time to show up and make the body sick, someone can contract the disease several years prior to actually showing any symptoms (Whitaker, 2001). If this individual is promiscuous during that time it is quite possible that he or she will spread the AIDS virus to a great many individuals before realizing that he or she has the virus."

Sample of Sources Used:

• House 0725: Relating to HIV infection testing/newborns. (2006). The Florida House. Retrieved from http://www.flsenate.gov/session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&Submenu=1&BI_ Mode=ViewBillInfo&Billnum=0725&Year=2004.
• Kelly, J. A., Murphy, D. A., Sikkema, K. J., & Kalichman, S. C. 1993. Psychological interventions to prevent HIV infection are urgently needed: new priorities for behavioral research in the second decade of AIDS. American Psychology 48: 1023-1034.
• Lee, P. R., et al. 1993. What works and does not work in HIV prevention: building on experience and knowledge. In HIV prevention in California: final report, HIV education and prevention evaluation. Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, and California Department of Health Services, Sacramento: 180-190.
• Model protocol for counseling donors. (2004). The Florida Department of Health. Retrieved from http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/aids/legal/Donor.html.
• Senate O144: Relating to HIV infection testing/newborns. (2006). The Florida Senate. Retrieved from http://www.flsenate.gov/session/index.cfm?BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&Mode= Bills&SubMenu=1&Year=2004&billnum=144

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