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Doctors in Illinois may no longer have to get written consent from patients in order to give them HIV tests, under a controversial state bill that’s part of a national effort to make HIV testing more routine. Supporters of the bill, which could come to a vote in the state House this week, say it would give crucial knowledge to the estimated 10,000 Illinois residents who are infected with the virus that causes AIDS but don’t know it.
