The California
assembly on Thursday voted unanimously in favor of a bill
that would scrap the state's codes-based system for
reporting HIV cases and adopt names-based reporting,
the Los Angeles Times reports. The alphanumeric
code system currently used in California is
inaccurate, says the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, which plans to soon begin tying federal Ryan
White AIDS grants to HIV case data from states that
have names-based reporting systems. California could
lose tens of millions in federal AIDS funds each year
by continuing its codes-based reporting system.
The California
senate approved the bill in January; the version passed by
the assembly will go back to the senate for a review of
technical changes. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has said
he will sign the legislation into law when it reaches
his desk. (The Advocate)
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