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Thursday, April 7, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
Governor of Florida suggests quarantine of AIDS carriers
The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Bob Martinez is willing to spend more on AIDS, but he also wants carriers who continue sexual activity locked up to keep them from spreading the deadly disease.
"The time has come to quarantine those whose character and conduct are a clear threat to society," Martínez told lawmakers Tuesday in his State of the State address. "AIDS carriers who refuse to stop spreading the disease have been allowed to roam free than criminals armed with a deadly weapon."
The governor's press secretary, Jon Peck, said yesterday that Martinez hadn't finalized his proposal on detaining AIDS victims, but the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services, under the governor's supervision, was pushing an effort to counsel AIDS carriers and protect the public.
The HRS proposal is modeled after a program in Minnesota, said department spokesman Ray Wise.
"What do you do with the people who won't stop spreading AIDS?" asked Wise. "We want them in a facility that can provide counseling, and where necessary, the medical treatment they need."
"If you just arrest them and throw them in jail, you're giving up on them."
Bob Kunst, leader of the Miamibased Cure AIDS Now, sid threats to isolate carriers drive them underground rather than motivate them to seek testing for the disease.
The state already has a law permitting AIDS carriers to be quarantined. The first time it was used was last June when HRS obtained a court order to have a 14-year-old Pensacola boy locked in a mental ward.
That action drew objections from national gay and civil rights leaders.
HRS backed down and asked the judge to lift the order nearly two weeks later.
The agency, however, used juvenile laws to remove the boy from the custody of his mother, placing him first in a community mental health center and then with a foster family.
Under the latest HRS proposals, police would be responsible for arresting AIDS carriers and the courts would be responsible for certifying they are a public health risk, said Wise.
A first-time offender would be placed on probation with limited activities and restricted associations. After a second arrest, the carrier would be placed in an around-the-clock supervised living arrangement similar to a halfway house.
Finally, Wise said, incorrigibles would be committed, but in a humane and dignified environment.
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