State Rep. Rafael Anchia
State Rep. Rafael Anchia filed HB2006 to require that anyone who receives a negative HIV test result will be provided with information about PrEP — pre-exposure prophylaxis — to prevent transmission of HIV in the future.
Resource Center Communications and Advocacy Manager Rafael McDonnell called it a common sense bill that would help prevent the spread of HIV on a statewide basis. His agency and others that do HIV testing already regularly offer that information when providing HIV test results.
All that would be offered is information.
“If they get a negative test result, is PrEP right for them as an HIV preventive tool?” McDonnell said.
No prescriptions would be offered. No referrals to a doctor or clinic prescribing PrEP would be required by the bill. Simply information.
McDonnell said he believes the reason PrEP hasn’t been as popular in Texas as elsewhere is simply a lack of information.
