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be included with other general health information 
and counseling provided to inmates by medical per-
sonnel. If an inmate refuses a routine test for HIV, 
medical personnel shall make a note of the inmate’s 
refusal in the inmate’s confidential medical records. 
However, the inmate’s refusal shall not be consid-
ered a violation of prison rules or result in discipli-
nary action. 
(10) EXPOSURE INCIDENT TESTING.—The Bu-
reau may perform HIV testing of an inmate under 
section 4014 of title 18, United States Code. HIV 
testing of an inmate who is involved in an exposure 
incident is not ‘‘routine HIV testing’’ for the pur-
poses of paragraph (9) and does not require the in-
mate’s consent. Medical personnel shall document 
the reason for exposure incident testing in the in-
mate’s confidential medical records. 
(11) TIMELY
NOTIFICATION
OF
TEST
RE-
SULTS.—Medical personnel shall provide timely noti-
fication to inmates of the results of HIV tests. 
SEC. 4. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW. 
(a) SCREENING IN GENERAL.—Section 4014(a) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for a period of 6 months or 
more’’; 
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(2) by striking ‘‘, as appropriate,’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘if such individual is determined 
to be at risk for infection with such virus in accord-
ance with the guidelines issued by the Bureau of 
Prisons relating to infectious disease management’’ 
and inserting ‘‘unless the individual declines. The 
Attorney General shall also cause such individual to 
be so tested before release unless the individual de-
clines’’. 
(b) INADMISSIBILITY
OF HIV TEST RESULTS
IN 
CIVIL AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.—Section 4014(d) of 
title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘or 
under the Stop AIDS in Prison Act of 2007’’ after ‘‘under 
this section’’. 
(c) SCREENING AS PART OF ROUTINE SCREENING.— 
Section 4014(e) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such rules shall 
also provide that the initial test under this section be per-
formed as part of the routine health screening conducted 
at intake.’’. 
SEC. 5. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) REPORT ON HEPATITIS AND OTHER DISEASES.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Bureau shall provide a report to the Congress 
on Bureau policies and procedures to provide testing, 
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treatment, and prevention education programs for Hepa-
titis and other diseases transmitted through sexual activ-
ity and intravenous drug use. The Bureau shall consult 
with appropriate officials of the Department of Health and 
Human Services, the Office of National Drug Control Pol-
icy, and the Centers for Disease Control regarding the de-
velopment of this report. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORTS.— 
(1) GENERALLY.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and then an-
nually thereafter, the Bureau shall report to Con-
gress on the incidence among inmates of diseases 
transmitted through sexual activity and intravenous 
drug use. 
(2) MATTERS
PERTAINING
TO
VARIOUS
DIS-
EASES.—Reports under paragraph (1) shall dis-
cuss— 
(A) the incidence among inmates of HIV/ 
AIDS, Hepatitis, and other diseases trans-
mitted through sexual activity and intravenous 
drug use; and 
(B) updates on Bureau testing, treatment, 
and prevention education programs for these 
diseases. 
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