Public health: HIV.

Existing law requires a medical care provider or person administering a test for HIV to, after receiving results indicating no infection for a patient who is known to be at high risk for HIV infection, advise the patient of the need for periodic retesting and explain the limitations of current testing technology and the current window period for verification of results. This bill would instead require a medical care provider or person administering a test for HIV to provide patients who test negative for HIV infection and are determined to be at high risk for HIV infection by the medical provider or person administering the test with the above-described information and information about methods that prevent or reduce the risk of contracting HIV, including preexposure prophylaxis and postexposure prophylaxis, as specified.