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109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3425
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 25, 2005
Mr. Tancredo introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
A BILL
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require mandatory HIV testing of potential sources in the event of possible occupational exposure to HIV in a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Veterans Health Administration Employee Protection Act
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Mandatory HIV testing of potential sources in the event of possible occupational exposure to HIV in a Department of Veterans Affairs medical facility
Mandatory testing
In general
Chapter 74 of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter:
Other Matters
Occupational exposures to HIV: mandatory testing of potential sources
Testing required
Whenever an employee of the Department of Veterans Affairs incurs in an occupational setting a possible exposure to the human immunodeficiency virus, the Secretary shall test for that virus the person who is the source (or potential source) of the exposure.
Regulations
The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations as required for purposes of this section. The Secretary may require in such regulations that consent to testing under subsection (a) shall be—
a condition of the receipt by any person of medical care and services provided by the Department; and
a condition of employment of any person by the Department.
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Clerical amendment
The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following:
Subchapter VII—Other Matters
7481. Occupational exposures to HIV: mandatory testing of potential sources
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Effective date
Section 7481 of title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on October 1, 2005.