Sec. 25. HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel.

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(a)The HIV/AIDS Response Review Panel is established within the Office of the Governor. The Panel shall consist of the following members:

(1)One member appointed by the Governor. This member shall serve as the Chair of the

Panel.

(2)One representative of each of the following, appointed by the head of the

department: the Department of Corrections; the Department of Human Services; and the Department of Public Health.

(3)Two ex-offenders who are familiar with the issue of HIV/AIDS as it relates to

incarceration, appointed by Governor. One of these members must be from Cook County, and the other must be from a county other than Cook. Both of these members must have received a final discharge from the Department of Corrections.

(4)Three representatives of HIV/AIDS organizations that have been in business for at

least 2 years, appointed by Governor. In the case of such an organization that represents a constituency the majority of whom are African-American, the organization's representative who is a member of the Panel must be African-American.

(b)The Panel shall review the implementation of this Act within the Department of Corrections and shall file a report with the General Assembly and with the Governor every January 1 stating the results of its review.