Date: July 30, 1991
Subject: Fiscal 1992 Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations
Description: Kennedy (D-MA) motion to table (kill) the Helms (R-NC) amendment to allow health-care professionals to test patients for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) before invasive medical procedures except in emergencies. The test results would be confidential, and a person violating the confidentiality would be fined $10,000 or face a prison term of not more than one year. States without regulations to protect health-care workers would be ineligible to receive federal funds under the Public Health Service Act.
Result: Motion to Table Failed, 44-55
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