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Senate Roll Call 136, 102nd Congress · July 18, 1991

To make it a Federal crime for a doctor, dentist or other health care professional who has AIDS and knows it to perform invasive medical procedures without informing the patient. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE HELMS/THURMOND AMENDMENT NO. 734 (TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT BEGINNING ON PAGE 59, LINE 7), MAKING IT A FEDERAL CRIME FOR A DOCTOR, DENTIST OR OTHER HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL WHO HAS AIDS AND KNOWS IT TO PERFORM INVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT INFORMING THE PATIENT.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

81 yea · 18 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 11 nay
Republican36 yea · 6 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2622

Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1992

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Criminalizing procedures by HIV-positive doctors is a public health/criminal issue, not coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Criminalizing medical procedures without disclosure is a policy rider, not a spending measure.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (81)

Nay (18)

Not voting or present (1)

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