California Lawmakers Want to Repeal HIV Criminalization Laws stat : NBC Bay Area

"These laws were passed at the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic when there was enormous fear and ignorance and misinformation around HIV," Wiener said. The study found "HIV criminalization" laws disproportionately affected women and people of color. Although modern treatments are highly effective, the current laws deter people from getting tested for HIV and seeking treatment, Wiener said. "It's time for California to lead and to repeal these laws to send a clear signal that we are going to take a science-based approach to HIV not a fear-based approach." The change would treat HIV like other communicable diseases under California law.




House Republicans released a long-awaited blueprint to replace the ACA on Monday , confirming plans to eliminate Medicaid expansion and other key Obamacare features. It feels like a cultural shift."For others, though, PrEP access is precarious at best. As the CDC found, Medicaid expansion states that have a perfect storm of high poverty and HIV infection rates are the most vulnerable to an Obamacare repeal. But gutting PrEP access would mean losing a critical shield in the fight against HIV. The proposed plan would complicate PrEP access, particularly for low-income Americans in the 31 states , plus the District of Columbia, that adopted the Medicaid expansion.


"It's time for California to lead and to repeal these laws to send a clear signal that we are going to take a science-based approach to HIV and not a fear-based approach," Senator Weiner said. A number of cases from 1980-2014, roughly 800, have been filed in the Criminal Justice System related to HIV. Preparation For Michael Jackson Trial (Photo : Pool)California Lawmakers are endorsing Senate Bill 239 of Senator Scott Weiner, District of San Francisco, to repeal and push for a change in the current HIV Criminalization Laws in the State. The bill has long been discussed due to the new science discoveries and how it is being transmitted and acquired. In 2013, people in the State that are diagnosed with the disease were 376 per 100,000 of the population.



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