2500-F - Human immunodeficiency virus; testing of newborns.

§  2500-f.  Human  immunodeficiency virus; testing of newborns.  1. In  order to improve the health outcomes of newborns, and to improve  access  to  care  and  treatment  for newborns infected with or exposed to human  immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and their mothers, the  commissioner  shall  establish  a  comprehensive  program for the testing of newborns for the  presence  of  human  immunodeficiency  virus  and/or  the  presence   of  antibodies to such virus.    2.   The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  regulations  governing  the  implementation of the program required pursuant to  subdivision  one  of  this  section,  including  the  administration  of  testing, counseling,  tracking, disclosure of test results pursuant  to  section  twenty-seven  hundred  eighty-two  of this chapter, follow-up reviews, and educational  activities relating to such testing.