Ryan White Care ACT
July, 25 2000
These are just a few highlights (note composition of council)
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106 th Congress
Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session
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RYAN WHITE CARE ACT AMENDMENTS OF 2000
July 25, 2000.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. Bliley, from the Committee on Commerce, submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
ADDITIONAL VIEWS
[To accompany H.R. 4807]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 4807)
to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend programs established under the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Amendment 2
Purpose and Summary 22
Background and Need for Legislation 22
Hearings 45
Committee Consideration 45
Committee Votes 45
Committee Oversight Findings 46
Committee on Government Reform Oversight Findings 46
New Budget Authority, Entitlement Authority, and Tax Expenditures46
Committee Cost Estimate 46
Congressional Budget Office Estimate 46
Federal Mandates Statement 54
Advisory Committee Statement 54
Constitutional Authority Statement 54
Applicability to Legislative Branch 54
Section-by-Section Analysis of the Legislation 54
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported 68
Additional Views
114
AMENDMENT
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000''. SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. The table of contents for this Act is as follows: TITLE I--EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR AREAS WITH SUBSTANTIAL NEED FOR SERVICES SUBTITLE A--HIV HEALTH SERVICES PLANNING COUNCILS Sec. 101. Membership of councils. Sec. 102. Duties of councils. Sec. 103. Open meetings; other additional provisions. SUBTITLE B--TYPE AND DISTRIBUTION OF GRANTS Sec. 111. Formula grants. Sec. 112. Supplemental grants. SUBTITLE C--OTHER PROVISIONS Sec. 121. Use of amounts. Sec. 122. Application. Sec. 123. Review of administrative costs and compensation. TITLE II--CARE GRANT PROGRAM SUBTITLE A--GENERAL GRANT PROVISIONS Sec. 201. Priority for women, infants, and children. Sec. 202. Use of grants. Sec. 203. Grants to establish HIV care consortia. Sec. 204. Provision of treatments. Sec. 205. State application. Sec. 206. Distribution of funds. Sec. 207. Supplemental grants for certain States. SUBTITLE B--PROVISIONS CONCERNING PREGNANCY AND PERINATAL TRANSMISSION OF HIV Sec. 211. Repeals. Sec. 212. Grants. Sec. 213. Study by Institute of Medicine. SUBTITLE C--CERTAIN PARTNER NOTIFICATION PROGRAMS Sec. 221. Grants for compliant partner notification programs. TITLE III--EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES SUBTITLE A--FORMULA GRANTS FOR STATES Sec. 301. Repeal of program. SUBTITLE B--CATEGORICAL GRANTS Sec. 311. Preferences in making grants. Sec. 312. Planning and development grants. Sec. 313. Authorization of appropriations. SUBTITLE C--GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 321. Provision of certain counseling services. Sec. 322. Additional required agreements. TITLE IV--OTHER PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES SUBTITLE A--CERTAIN PROGRAMS FOR RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, OR TRAINING Sec. 401. Grants for coordinated services and access to research for women, infants, children, and youth. Sec. 402. AIDS education and training centers. SUBTITLE B--GENERAL PROVISIONS IN TITLE XXVI Sec. 411. Evaluations and reports. Sec. 412. Data collection through Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sec. 413. Coordination. Sec. 414. Plan regarding release of prisoners with HIV disease. Sec. 415. Audits. Sec. 416. Administrative simplification. Sec. 417. Authorization of appropriations for parts A and B. TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 501. Studies by Institute of Medicine. Sec. 502. Development of rapid HIV test. TITLE VI--EFFECTIVE DATE Sec. 601. Effective date. TITLE I--EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR AREAS WITH SUBSTANTIAL NEED FOR SERVICES Subtitle A--HIV Health Services Planning Councils SEC. 101. MEMBERSHIP OF COUNCILS. (a) In General.--Section 2602(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff 12(b)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``demographics of the epidemic in the eligible area involved,'' and inserting ``demographics of the population of individuals with HIV disease in the eligible area involved,''; and (2) in paragraph (2)-- (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking ``or AIDS''; (B) in subparagraph (K), by striking ``and'' at the end; (C) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period and inserting the following: ``, including but not limited to providers of HIV prevention services; and''; and (D) by adding at the end the following subparagraph: ``(M) representatives of individuals who formerly were Federal, State, or local prisoners, were released from the custody of the penal system during the preceding three years, and had HIV disease as of the date on which the individuals were so released.''. (b) Conflicts of Interests.--Section 2602(b)(5) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff 12(b)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following subparagraph: ``(C) Composition of council.--The following applies regarding the membership of a planning council under paragraph (1): ``(i) Not less than 33 percent of the council shall be individuals who are receiving HIV-related services pursuant to a grant under section 2601(a), are not officers, employees, or consultants to any entity that receives amounts from such a grant, and do not represent any such entity, and reflect the demographics of the population of individuals with HIV disease as determined under paragraph (4)(A). For purposes of the preceding sentence, an individual shall be considered to be receiving such services if the individual is a parent of, or a caregiver for, a minor child who is receiving such services. ``(ii) With respect to membership on the planning council, clause (i) may not be construed as having any effect on entities that receive funds from grants under any of parts B through F but do not receive funds from grants under section 2601(a), on officers or employees of such entities, or on individuals who represent such entities.''.
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