•HRES 148 IH 
Whereas 60 percent of HIV positive youth do not know they 
carry the HIV virus; 
Whereas there are approximately 76,400 young people living 
with HIV; 
Whereas African-American youth bear a disproportionate 
burden of the epidemic, representing 60 percent of new 
infections in young people; 
Whereas new HIV infections among 13- to 29-year-old Afri-
can-American men who have sex with men (MSM) in-
creased 48 percent from 2006 through 2009; 
Whereas the Division of Adolescent and School Health 
(DASH), is the only Federal program supporting HIV 
prevention for adolescents in schools; 
Whereas the Nation’s largest Federal program dedicated to 
providing care and treatment for people living with HIV 
was named after Ryan White, a teenager from Indiana 
who helped educate a Nation about HIV and AIDS in the 
1980s; 
Whereas the Ryan White Part D Program is one of the na-
tional efforts to link HIV positive youth to medical care 
and support services; 
Whereas the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in-
cludes many provisions that benefit young people and 
help achieve the goal of an AIDS-free generation, includ-
ing funding for sex education to help ensure that every 
young person in the United States is educated about 
HIV/AIDS, a prohibition against denying people living 
with HIV access to health care, HIV testing for women 
without a co-pay, and expanded access to Medicaid which 
will help more HIV-positive youth receive care; and 
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•HRES 148 IH 
Whereas April 10 of each year is now recognized as National 
Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) supports the goals and ideals of National 
Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day; 
(2) encourages State and local governments, in-
cluding their public health agencies, education agen-
cies, schools, and media organizations to recognize 
and support such a day; 
(3) promotes effective and comprehensive HIV 
prevention education programs both in and out of 
schools as a tool to ensure that all people in the 
United States are educated about HIV, as called for 
in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy; 
(4) urges youth-friendly and accessible health 
care services to better provide for the early identi-
fication of HIV through voluntary routine testing, 
and to connect those in need to clinically and cul-
turally appropriate care and treatment as early as 
possible; 
(5) commends the work of AIDS service organi-
zations, community and faith-based organizations, 
and school-based health centers that are providing 
youth-friendly, effective, prevention, treatment, care, 
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•HRES 148 IH 
and support services to young people living with and 
vulnerable to HIV/AIDS; 
(6) recognizes the importance of interventions 
that address young people’s structural barriers to 
living healthy lives, including accessible health care, 
safe and inclusive schools and communities, family 
acceptance, secure housing, excellent education, em-
ployment and legal protections, and poverty reduc-
tion initiatives; and 
(7) prioritizes youth leadership and develop-
ment in order to ensure youth involvement in deci-
sions which impact their health and well-being as 
well as advance a pipeline for the next generation of 
HIV/AIDS doctors, advocates, educators, research-
ers, and other professionals, as a necessary means to 
achieving an AIDS-free generation. 
Æ 
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