Bill to void clauses excluding people with HIV/AIDS

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1. The bill would declare null and void any clauses, conditions or agreements that exclude one party for having HIV/AIDS. Such clauses would be treated as if they did not exist.
2. The affected person could not validly waive this protection: that waiver would also be null.
3. The bill would require the Spanish Government to submit, within one year, a bill extending these principles to other illnesses that produce the same excluding effects.
4. If passed, the law would take effect the same day it is published in the Official State Gazette and would apply to new agreements and to existing ones still in force.

Who it affects

• People with HIV/AIDS: They could no longer be excluded from services or benefits through discriminatory clauses.
• Businesses and service providers: They could not include clauses excluding someone for having HIV/AIDS; such clauses would be null.
• The Spanish Government: It would have to submit, within one year, a bill extending the protection to other illnesses.

Words worth knowing

Cláusula nula (null clause)

A term or condition in a contract that has no legal effect, as if it did not exist.

Texto refundido (consolidated text)

A single, organized version of a law that gathers several rules on the same subject into one text.

Proposición de ley (non-governmental bill)

A bill that is not introduced by the Government but by the Congress, the Senate, or a regional assembly.

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