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  • Title: Gov. Wilson vetoes California legislation for coded identifiers.
    Journal: AIDS Policy Law; 1998 Oct 16; 13(19):1-2. PubMed ID: 11365942.
    Abstract:
    California governor Pete Wilson vetoed legislation which would have created the world's largest HIV case surveillance program that uses unique identifiers. Public health experts and AIDS policy advocates had reached a consensus on a program using unique identifiers and were unhappy when the program was vetoed. As a result, California does not have an AIDS surveillance program, and public health officials say they will not be able to adequately monitor the epidemic or target prevention programs. The governor and some physicians say AIDS reporting should use names to track the epidemic, similar to other infectious disease reporting programs. Because of recent elections and turnover in the legislature, it will be several months before the issue is discussed again.
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