Date:         Tue, 13 Sep 1994 15:56:50 -0400

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SB 1239 has made it Governor Pete Wislon's desk.
Letters are needed to be sent to him encouraging him to VETO
Governor Wilson fax number is (916)445-4633.

OR Fax directly from the internet to Pete Wilson
Send a regular e-mail message to:
        faxline@rabbit.rgm.com
For the subject line, use his local 7-digit fax number 445-4633
Then just do the body of your e-mail message as you normally would.
The faxline info came from Rex Wockner,rwockner@netcom.com

Following is a sample letter you can use or modify.
Please let me (mamurphy@igc.apc.org) know is you send a letters.







                                                         September 12, 1994



The Hon. Pete Wilson, Governor
The California State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814

RE: SB 1239 - HIV Testing and Exposure Notification: OPPOSE

Dear Governor Wilson:

I am writing to express my strong opposition to SB 1239 and to
ask you to veto this bill which is now on your desk.

This bill would permit mandatory testing of a patient's blood in
the case of a potential occupational exposure at the request of a
health care worker or "first responder." SB 1239 is unnecessary
and, if enacted, would represent a dangerous precedent for
mandatory HIV testing in California. It does nothing to reduce
the risk of HIV infection to health care workers or first
responders. Only following universal precautions for infection
control, which are already mandated, will reduce exposure risk.

State law already provides health care workers, who are involved
in the diagnosis and treatment of a patient, access to all HIV
information in the patient's medical record. SB 1239 contains
loopholes which would allow substantially broader testing of
patients than is represented by its sponsors, that would permit
violation of confidentiality, and which would provide expanded
access to a patient's medical records.

SB 1239 is a bad bill and, for the sake of the citizens of
California, I strongly urge you to veto it.

Very truly yours,