By Oscar Mairena, Manager, Policy & Legislative Affairs and Viral Hepatitis This month, Congresswomen Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) introduced bipartisan legislation, , the Repeal Existing Policies that Encourage or Allow Legal (REPEAL) HIV Discrimination Act.
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