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 PUBLIC LAW 101-381—AUG. 18, 1990 104 STAT. 621 "(3) EMERGENCY.— The term 'emergency' means an emergency involving injury or illness. "(4) EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYEE. — The term 'emergency response employees' means firefighters, law enforcement officers, paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and other individuals (including employees of legally organized and recognized volunteer organizations, without regard to whether such employees receive nominal compensation) who, in the course of professional duties, respond to emergencies in the geographic area involved. " (5) EMPLOYER OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYEES.— The term 'employer of emergency response employees' means an organization that, in the course of professional duties, responds to emergencies in the geographic area involved. "(6) EXPOSED. —The term 'exposed', with respect to HIV disease or any other infectious disease, means to be in circumstances in which there is a significant risk of becoming infected with the etiologic agent for the disease involved. "(7) FAMILIES WITH HIV DISEASE. —The term 'families with HIV disease' means families in which one or more members have HIV disease. "(8) HIV. — The term 'HIV means infection with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. "(9) HIV DISEASE.—The term 'HIV disease' means infection with the etiologic agent for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, and includes any condition arising from such syndrome. "(10) OFFICIAL POVERTY LINE.—The term 'official poverty line' means the poverty line established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and revised by the Secretary in accordance with section 673(a) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981. "(11) PERSON.— The term 'person' includes one or more individuals, governments (including the Federal Government and the governments of the States), governmental agencies, political subdivisions, labor unions, partnerships, associations, corporations, legal representatives, mutual companies, jointstock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, receivers, trustees, and trustees in cases under title 11, United States Code. "(12) STATE.— The term 'State', except as otherwise specifically provided, means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.". SEC. 402. STUDY REGARDING PARTNER NOTIFICATION. 42 USC 300ff-46 (a) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall conduct a study of programs "°*®- of HIV partner notification for the purpose of determining— (1) in the case of individuals who have been notified under such programs, the percentage of such individuals who undergo counseling and testing regarding HIV disease; (2) in the case of such individuals who have undergone HIV testing, the number of such individuals determined through such tests to have HIV disease; (3) the extent to which such programs have, in the case of such individuals, resulted in behavioral changes that are effec-

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