INFORMATION AND TRAINING CONCERNING AIDS PREVENTION.

SEC. 123. INFORMATION AND TRAINING CONCERNING AIDS PREVENTION. (a) Information Program.— The Administrator shall establish and carry out an information program relating to the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (hereinafter in this section referred to as “AIDS”). The information program shall be for employees and consultants of the Veteran’ Administration, for other persons providing services in Veteran’ Administration facilities to beneficiaries of programs administered by the Veteran’ Administration, and for such beneficiaries. 102 STAT. 505 (b) Required Elements of Information Program.— In conducting the program under subsection (a), the Administrator shall— (1) develop, in consultation with the Surgeon General of the United States and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control, publications and other materials containing information on AIDS, including information on the prevention of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus; (2) provide for periodic dissemination of publications {including the Surgeon General’s Report on AIDS) and other materials containing such information; (3) make publications and other suitable materials containing such information readily available in Veteran’ Administration health-care facilities and such other Veterans’ Administration facilities as the Administrator considers appropriate; and (4) disseminate information (including the Surgeon General’s Report on AIDS) on the risk of transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus, and information on preventing the transmission of such virus, to Veteran’ Administration substance abuse treatment personnel, to each person being furnished treatment by the Veterans’ Administration for drug abuse, and to each person receiving care or services from the Veterans’ Administration whom the Administrator believes to be at high risk for AIDS. (c) Training in AIDS Prevention.— The Administrator shall establish and carry out a program that provides for education, training, and other activities (including continuing education and infection control programs) regarding AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus designed to improve the effectiveness and safety of all health-care personnel and all health-care support personnel involved in the furnishing of care under programs administered by the Veterans’ Administration.