§300ff–46. Reporting and partner notification

(a) Reporting

The Secretary may not make a grant under section 300ff–41 of this title unless, with respect to testing for HIV disease, the State involved provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the State will require that any entity carrying out such testing confidentially report to the State public health officer information sufficient-

(1) to perform statistical and epidemiological analyses of the incidence in the State of cases of such disease;

(2) to perform statistical and epidemiological analyses of the demographic characteristics of the population of individuals in the State who have the disease; and

(3) to assess the adequacy of early intervention services in the State.

(b) Partner notification

The Secretary may not make a grant under section 300ff–41 of this title unless the State involved provides assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that the State will require that the public health officer of the State, to the extent appropriate in the determination of the officer, carry out a program of partner notification regarding cases of HIV disease.

(c) Rules of construction

An agreement made under this section may not be construed-

(1) to require or prohibit any State from providing that identifying information concerning individuals with HIV disease is required to be submitted to the State; or

(2) to require any State to establish a requirement that entities other than the public health officer of the State are required to make the notifications referred to in subsection (b) of this section.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, §2646, as added Pub. L. 101–381, title III, §301(a), Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 602 .)

Study Regarding Partner Notification

Section 402 of Pub. L. 101–381 provided that:

"(a) In General.-The Secretary shall conduct a study of programs of HIV partner notification for the purpose of determining-

"(1) in the case of individuals who have been notified under such programs, the percentage of such individuals who undergo counseling and testing regarding HIV disease;

"(2) in the case of such individuals who have undergone HIV testing, the number of such individuals determined through such tests to have HIV disease;

"(3) the extent to which such programs have, in the case of such individuals, resulted in behavioral changes that are effective regarding the prevention of exposure to, and the transmission of, HIV disease; and

"(4) the extent to which such programs represent a cost effective use of available HIV-related resources.

"(b) Report.-Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 18, 1990], the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall complete the study required under subsection (a) and prepare and submit, to the appropriate committees of Congress, a report describing the findings made as a result of such study."