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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1289
To require in certain circumstances that States disclose the HIV status
of newborn infants to legal guardians of the infants, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 22, 1995
Mr. ACKERMAN (for himself, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mrs.
SCHROEDER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr.
DELAY, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. MOLINARI, Mr. TAUZIN, Mr. GILMAN,
Mr. MFUME, Mrs. KENNELLY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr.
BAESLER, Mr. BALDACCI, Mr. BARRETT of Wisconsin, Mr. BEILENSON,
Mr. BENTSEN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. BEVILL, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BISHOP,
Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. BORSKI, Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. BREWSTER, Mr.
BROWDER, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. BRYANT of
Tennessee, Mr. BRYANT of Texas, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CAL-
LAHAN, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. CANADY of Florida, Mr. CHAPMAN, Mrs.
CHENOWETH, Mr. CLAY, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr. CLEMENT, Mr. CLYBURN,
Mr. COLEMAN, Miss COLLINS of Michigan, Mrs. COLLINS of Illinois, Mr.
CONDIT, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. COYNE, Mr. CRAMER, Mr.
DEFAZIO, Mr. DE LA GARZA, Mr. DELLUMS, Mr. DEUTSCH, Mr. DIAZ-
BALART, Mr. DICKS, Mr. DIXON, Mr. DORNAN, Mr. DOYLE, Mr. ED-
WARDS, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. EVERETT, Mr. FARR,
Mr. FATTAH, Mr. FAZIO of California, Mr. FIELDS of Louisiana, Mr.
FILNER, Mr. FOGLIETTA, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FORD, Mr. FOX
of Pennsylvania, Mr. FRISA, Mr. FROST, Mr. FUNDERBURK, Ms. FURSE,
Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. GEJDENSON, Mr. PETE GEREN of Texas, Mr. GIB-
BONS, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. GORDON, Mr. GOSS, Mr. GENE GREEN of
Texas, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. GUTKNECHT, Mr. HALL
of Ohio, Mr. HALL of Texas, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida,
Mr. HAYES, Mr. HEFNER, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. HOLDEN,
Mr. HOUGHTON, Mr. HOYER, Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina, Ms. JACK-
SON-LEE, Mr. JACOBS, Mr. JEFFERSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON
of Texas, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSTON of Florida, Mr.
KANJORSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KING, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr.
KLECZKA, Mr. KLINK, Mr. LAFALCE, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. LAUGHLIN, Mr.
LAZIO of New York, Mr. LEVIN, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Ms.
LOFGREN, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. MANTON, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. MARTINEZ,
Mr. MARTINI, Mr. MASCARA, Mr. MATSUI, Ms. MCCARTHY, Mr.
MCHALE, Mr. MCHUGH, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. MEEHAN,
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Mrs. MEEK of Florida, Mr. METCALF, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. MILLER of
Florida, Mr. MILLER of California, Mr. MINETA, Mr. MINGE, Mrs. MINK
of Hawaii, Mr. MOAKLEY, Mr. MONTGOMERY, Mr. MORAN, Mr. MURTHA,
Mr. NEAL of Massachusetts, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. ORTON,
Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PARKER, Mr. PASTOR, Mr. PAXON, Mr. PAYNE of
Virginia, Mr. PAYNE of New Jersey, Mr. PETERSON of Florida, Mr.
PICKETT, Mr. POMBO, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. POSHARD, Ms. PRYCE, Mr.
QUINN, Mr. RAHALL, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. RICHARDSON,
Ms. RIVERS, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROSE, Mrs. ROUKEMA, Ms. ROY-
BAL-ALLARD, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. RUSH, Mr. SABO, Mr. SAWYER, Mr.
SCHIFF, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. SHAW, Mr. SKELTON, Mrs. SMITH of Washing-
ton, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. STARK, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. STEN-
HOLM, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. STOKES, Mr. STUMP, Mr. TANNER, Mr. TAY-
LOR of Mississippi, Mr. TEJEDA, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. THOMPSON, Mrs.
THURMAN, Mr. TORKILDSEN, Mr. TORRES, Mr. TORRICELLI, Mr.
TOWNS, Mr. TRAFICANT, Mr. TUCKER, Mr. UNDERWOOD, Mr. UPTON,
Mr. VENTO, Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. VOLKMER, Mrs. WALDHOLTZ, Ms. WA-
TERS, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mr. WELLER, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr.
WILSON, Mr. WISE, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. WYNN, Mr. YATES,
Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, and Mr. ZIMMER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To require in certain circumstances that States disclose the
HIV status of newborn infants to legal guardians of
the infants, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Newborn Infant HIV
Notification Act’’.
SEC. 2. STATE DISCLOSURES TO LEGAL GUARDIANS OF HIV
STATUS OF NEWBORN INFANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—If a State requires that the results
of the HIV testing of a newborn infant be reported to the