A bill passed by California's legislature on Monday (August 29, 2005) could prevent convicted sex offenders from obtaining state-funded erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs, such as Viagra and Levitra. The vote on AB 522 follows a May directive issued by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. This issue came to light nationwide in May 2005, after an audit showed New York State gave Viagra to nearly 200 sex offenders in recent years. California subsequently found it had distributed the drug to 137 offenders between April 2004 and May 2005 under its Medi-Cal system, said Ken August, a spokesman for California Health Services.

According to Republican Assemblyman George Plescia who sponsored the law, providing ED drugs like Levitra and Viagra to convicted sex workers would mean giving a gun to a bank robber. It could be dangerous for innocent people.

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