Section 4018.1 Of Chapter 1. County Jails From California Penal Code >> Title 4. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 1.
4018.1
. Subject to the availability of adequate state funding for
these purposes, the sheriff of each county shall provide inmates who
have been sentenced for drug-related offenses with information about
behavior that places a person at high risk for contracting the human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and about the prevention of the
transmission of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Each
county sheriff or the chief county probation officer shall provide
all inmates who have been sentenced for drug-related offenses, who
are within one month of release, or who have been placed on
probation, with information about behavior that places a person at
high risk for contracting HIV, about the prevention of the
transmission of AIDS, and about agencies and facilities that provide
testing, counseling, medical, and support services for AIDS victims.
Information about AIDS prevention shall be solicited by each county
sheriff or chief county probation officer from the State Department
of Health Services, the county health officer, or local agencies
providing services to persons with AIDS. The Director of Health
Services, or his or her designee, shall approve protocols pertaining
to the information to be disseminated under this section.