CHLP Publications

Guides (Legal or Medical)

Housing Rights of People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Primer, The Center for HIV Law & Policy (2010)

One in a series of primers on various legal issues as they pertain to people living with HIV/AIDS, this primer on housing law provides guidance on the laws protecting people with HIV from housing discrimination and ensuring their ability to find safe and stable housing.

Compilations of Laws and Cases

Guidelines for HIV-Positive Health Care Workers, The Center for HIV Law & Policy (2008)

This chart summarizes the guidelines and policies currently in place regarding HIV-positive health care workers (HCW) in all 50 states, as well as some U.S. territories.

Press--Releases, Articles, etc.

Human Rights and HIV/AIDS: Now More Than Ever, Press Release, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2007)

On the advent of World AIDS Day, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) emphasized that rights violations that impede the response to the AIDS epidemic globally are also a critical problem in the United States, stating that the United States' response to AIDS should be a model of comm

Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Expanding the Availability and Acceptance of Voluntary HIV Testing: Fundamental Principles to Guide Implementation, The Center for HIV Law & Policy et al. (2007)

In response to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) push for expanded rapid testing with decreased attention on counseling and informed consent, a group of HIV legal, medical, and service organizations endorsed these fundamental principles to guide the implementation of expanded

White Papers and Reports

Sexual Health Advocacy for Youth in Foster Care and Detention Facilities, Legal and Policy Outline, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2007)

The Center for HIV Law and Policys (CHLP) legal and policy outline for advocating for sexual health and HIV prevention programming for youth in state custody.

Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets

Pregnant Women and HIV-Testing and Treatment Decisions, Slide Presentation, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2007)

With a focus on NY law, this powerpoint presentation is designed to provide a basic understanding of NY law as of 2006 regarding HIV testing of pregnant women and newborns, and an overview of the law on the rights of mothers concerning perinatal treatment decisions and treatment choices for their

Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Comments on FDA Condom Labeling Guidance, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2006)

These comments were drafted by CHLP on behalf of several HIV legal and service organizations in response to a proposal by the FDA to revise condom package labeling guidelines to include misleading information on condom shortcomings as a disease prevention method.

Training Materials, Slides, Pamphlets

Legal Issues: Opt-Out Testing and HIV Care, Slide Presentation, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2006)

This slide presentation for the Nov 29-30, 2006 Summit on Opportunities for Improving HIV Diagnosis, Prevention, & Access to Care in the U.S.

Letters and Other Advocacy Documents

Comments on Proposed Repeal and New Rules for New Jersey's Manual of Requirements for Resource Families, N.J.A.C. 10:122C, Hyacinth AIDS Foundation and The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2005)

This document contains comments on proposed changes to the New Jersey Administrative Code regarding New Jersey's "Manual of Requirements," which outlines the requirements for foster homes, also called "resource families." The comments are limited to the provisions that implicate the rights of you

White Papers and Reports

Racial Disparities in HIV Care and Outcome: A Call for An Evidence-Based Response, The Center for HIV Law and Policy (2006)

Recent proposals to change HIV counseling and testing protocols rest on claims that current laws incorporating informed, written consent are interfering with the testing and treatment that would eliminate racial disparities, and so need to be "modernized." But available evidence strongly indicat