Section 2500-F. Human immunodeficiency virus; testing of newborns  


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  • 1. In
      order to improve the health outcomes of newborns, and to improve  access
      to  care  and  treatment  for newborns infected with or exposed to human
      immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and their mothers, the  commissioner  shall
      establish  a  comprehensive  program for the testing of newborns for the
      presence  of  human  immunodeficiency  virus  and/or  the  presence   of
      antibodies to such virus.
        2.   The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  regulations  governing  the
      implementation of the program required pursuant to  subdivision  one  of
      this  section,  including  the  administration  of  testing, counseling,
      tracking, disclosure of test results pursuant  to  section  twenty-seven
      hundred  eighty-two  of this chapter, follow-up reviews, and educational
      activities relating to such testing.