15.000 ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)

15.959             Expanding HIV Screening: (Sunset HOD 2017)

15.958             Disclosure and Exchange of Health Information Among Providers: (Sunset HOD 2017)

15. 957             Expedited Partner Therapy in the Management of Sexually Transmitted Infections MSSNY (1) supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance on expedited partner therapy (EPT); and (2) supports legislation that would allow physicians diagnosing a sexually transmitted infection (STI) in an individual to prescribe or dispense antibiotics to that

15.956             Rapid In-Office HIV Testing and Public Health Law 27F: (HOD 2008-156; SUNSET HOD 2018)

15.955             Condom Availability in Jails and Prisons: MSSNY supports a policy of making condoms accessible to all incarcerated persons.  (HOD 2009-159; Reaffirmed HOD 2019)

15.954             HIV Testing for Those Incarcerated, Prior to Release: MSSNY to advocate to the New York State Department of Corrections and the New York City Department of Corrections that both be required to routinely offer voluntary HIV testing to all inmates prior to discharge; and, upon a positive test finding, (1) appropriate therapy be initiated and

15.953             Support of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy:  SUNSET HOD 2019

15.952             HIV Testing Guidelines: SUNSET HOD 2022

(See also Children and Youth, 30.000; Medicaid, 175.000; Public Health & Safety, 260.000)   15.950             End the Epidemic of HIV Nationally MSSNY supports the funding for New York’s End the Epidemic 2020 program to sustain the initiative’s progress to achieve the 2020 target.  MSSNY will urge that the American Medical Association advocate that the federal budget include provisions