http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/feed RSS Feed for the Center for HIV Law and Policy en-us http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/749 This is a link to a February 2012 Iowa Public Radio audio news story on Iowa's HIV-specific law, which criminalizes HIV "exposure" and nondisclosure of one's HIV status. The story features Donald Bogardus, an HIV-positive Iowan who faces up to 25 ... Wed, 16 May 2012 11:33:58 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/749 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/748 This directory, compiled by the Network for Public Health Law, provides the names and contact information of public health lawyers in each state in the U.S. The directory connects users to Deputy and Assistant Attorneys General in State Health ... Tue, 15 May 2012 15:46:18 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/748 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/747 This is an updated manual by the Legal Action Center on New York State's HIV testing, confidentiality, and discrimination laws. This version has been updated to reflect new state and federal laws, and provides detailed discussions of New York's ... Tue, 15 May 2012 11:26:16 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/747 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/746 This is a decision by the Missouri Court of Appeals – Western District affirming the circuit court's denial of the defendant's motion for post-conviction relief. The defendant sought relief on the ground that he had received ineffective ... Tue, 15 May 2012 11:02:36 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/746 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/745 This is a decision by the Kentucky Court of Appeals affirming the circuit court's decision in favor of an HIV-positive employee denied disability retirement benefits. The denial was based in part on the employer deeming the employee's HIV a ... Tue, 15 May 2012 10:52:21 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/745 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/744 This is a decision by the Court of Appeals of Mississippi affirming summary judgment for the plaintiff on her medical expense claim and reversing summary judgment on her emotional distress claim, both regarding the plaintiff's needle-stick injury ... Tue, 15 May 2012 10:43:29 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/744 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/743 The following chart compares the sentencing schemes for representative HIV exposure, non-disclosure, and/or transmission laws in the United States with laws punishing drinking and driving, reckless endangerment of others, and vehicular homicide. In ... Thu, 10 May 2012 13:56:08 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/743 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/742 This talking points sheet provided relevant information about Maryland House Bill 622, which was proposed in spring 2012 and sought to increase the existing Maryland HIV Criminalization statute from a misdemeanor to a felony. Wed, 09 May 2012 12:39:00 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/742 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/741 This testimony was submitted on May 8, 2012 to the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) on its draft proposal for the implementation of the Close to Home legislation, which plans for the transition of youth placed in non-secure ... Tue, 08 May 2012 16:17:35 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/741 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/740 The Center for HIV Law and Policy submitted this testimony on May 8, 2012 to the New York City Administration for Children's Services (ACS) on the agency's proposal for the implementation of the Close to Home initiative, which plans for the transition ... Tue, 08 May 2012 16:14:07 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/740 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/739 Adam Donald Musser brought this petition for a writ of habeas corpus to overturn his four Iowa state court convictions for criminal transmission of HIV under Iowa Code § 709C.1(1)(a), for which he is currently serving a 50-year prison sentence. ... Mon, 07 May 2012 16:46:07 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/739 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/738 This is the second of two appellate decisions, made the same day, by the Supreme Court of Iowa affirming Adam Donald Musser's conviction and 25-year prison sentences under Iowa's criminal transmission of HIV statute. The first decision, State v. ... Mon, 07 May 2012 16:27:04 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/738 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/737 This is a decision by the Supreme Court of Iowa affirming the defendant's conviction and 25-year prison sentence under Iowa's criminal transmission of HIV statute. The court dismissed all of the defendant's arguments, which included both ... Mon, 07 May 2012 16:02:05 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/737 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/736 The Ontario Court of Appeal here ruled on the constitutionality of Canada's sex work laws in a decision that recognizes that the current provisions regarding sex work have serious and negative implications for the security and human rights of sex ... Mon, 07 May 2012 14:06:09 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/736 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/735 This prosecutorial policy was issued by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) of Scotland to provide guidance on prosecutions for intentional or reckless sexual transmission of, or exposure to, sexually transmitted infections (STIs). ... Tue, 01 May 2012 12:36:13 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/735 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/734 This guide provides comprehensive information on Medicaid, the nation's publicly funded health coverage program for low-income Americans. It describes the persons and services covered, costs related to the program, and how the program is financed. ... Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:55:32 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/734 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/733 The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued this decision on a discrimination complaint filed with the agency by a transgender woman who claimed that she was denied a job at a crime lab on the basis of her gender identity. ... Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:41:15 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/733 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/732 This Model Policy, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in state custody, outlines the basic requirements for ensuring staff competence, including on the rights and needs of LGBTQ youth. It serves as a ... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:54:01 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/732 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/731 This Model Policy, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in state custody, outlines the basic minimum requirements of a sexual health education program. It is a companion to the Model Sexual Health Education ... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:50:56 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/731 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/730 This Model Policy, designed for use by agencies and jurisdictions that provide services for youth in state custody, outlines the basic minimum requirements for sexual health care services. These services should be culturally competent and inclusive, ... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:47:23 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/730 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/729 This ten-point declaration calling for the end of criminal prosecutions for HIV non-disclosure, exposure and unintentional transmission was drafted on February 13, 2012 by a group of advocates and academics in Oslo, Norway. The declaration outlines ... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:25:36 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/729 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/728 This is an order by the United States District Court – Eastern District of Louisiana granting the plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. The plaintiffs claimed mandatory sex offender registration under the harsher of Louisiana's two ... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:16:28 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/728 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/727 This is an order by the United States District Court – Eastern District of Wisconsin granting in part and denying in part two defendants' motion for summary judgment and granting in part and denying in part the third defendant's motion ... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:38:59 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/727 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/726 The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit here vacated the motion for summary judgment granted to the defendant by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, and remanded the claim to the district court. ... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:28:24 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/726 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/725 This is the website of Yale University's Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA) Criminalization of HIV Transmission and Exposure Working Group. The Working Group, of which the Center for HIV Law and Policy is a member, is a ... Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:06:10 -0400 http://hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/view/725