Anonymous Testing Those tests currently are performed anonymously so that the State Health Department can compile statistics about the prevalence of H.I.V. in newborns.

Acts of charity have been performed anonymously when benefactors do not wish to be acknowledged.

The State Senate today overwhelmingly approved a bill that would require the state to inform mothers of the results of mandatory H.I.V. tests that are currently performed anonymously on newborns, setting up an emotional confrontation with Assembly leaders who oppose the legislation.

H.I.V. Test Disclosure For the second year in a row, the Democratic-controlled Assembly and the Republican-led Senate failed to reach agreement on a bill that would require the state to inform mothers of the results of the H.I.V. tests that are now performed anonymously on their newborns.

State rules now require written consent for all H.I.V. tests except those performed anonymously.

But by announcing his position on the emotional issue today, Mr. Silver quickly deflated an alternative bill that would require doctors to give parents the results of H.I.V. tests now being performed anonymously on newborns.

Such tests, which will be performed anonymously, might also be done at high schools, Dr. Koop told reporters on the last day of the first global meeting of health ministers to deal with AIDS.

H.I.V. DISCLOSURE IS PROPOSED The New York Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill that would require the state to inform mothers of the results of mandatory H.I.V. tests that are currently performed anonymously on newborns.