The new law eliminates the need for people to get pre-test counseling for an HIV test. It also eliminates the need for people to sign a separate consent form for an HIV test.
Supporters of the new law say it will encourage more people to get tested for HIV by streamlining the process.
"We want people to start thinking about HIV testing as something pretty routine to have it done at least once and for some people more than once," said Dr. Eric Steele. "If you make it easy, we think we'll find more people out there that have HIV and don't know it. If we can do tha,t we can get those people earlier treatment, which is a good thing. It extends their chances of living longer and it reduces the chances of them passing it on to somebody else." read more
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