Gov. Tom Corbett recently signed a law that aims to make HIV testing a routine part of general medical care. The law, which goes into effect Sept. 6, calls for a patient's signed consent for testing to be replaced with a requirement that consent be documented by health care providers. Mary van den Berg-Wolf, deputy director of Temple's Comprehensive HIV Program, has been lobbying for the changes for years, and said they will help reduce the stigma associated with HIV testing. "The whole danger is you can have HIV infection and be healthy and go 10 years without any ill effects and all those years you can potentially spread HIV," she said.