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‘‘SEC. 2683. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In an emergency area and dur-
ing an emergency period, the Secretary shall have the au-
thority to waive such requirements of this title to improve 
the health and safety of those receiving care under this 
title and the general public, except that the Secretary may 
not expend more than 5 percent of the funds allocated 
under this title for sections 2620 and section 2603(b). 
‘‘(b) EMERGENCY
AREA
AND
EMERGENCY
PE-
RIOD.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) EMERGENCY AREA.—The term ‘emergency 
area’ means a geographic area in which there ex-
ists— 
‘‘(A) an emergency or disaster declared by 
the President pursuant to the National Emer-
gencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; or 
‘‘(B) a public health emergency declared 
by the Secretary pursuant to section 319. 
‘‘(2) EMERGENCY
PERIOD.—The term ‘emer-
gency period’ means the period in which there ex-
ists— 
‘‘(A) an emergency or disaster declared by 
the President pursuant to the National Emer-
gencies Act or the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; or 
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‘‘(B) a public health emergency declared 
by the Secretary pursuant to section 319. 
‘‘(c) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—If funds under a grant 
under this section are not expended for an emergency in 
the fiscal year in which the emergency is declared, such 
funds shall be returned to the Secretary for reallocation 
under sections 2603(b) and 2620. 
‘‘SEC. 2684. PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF CERTAIN AC-
TIVITIES. 
‘‘None of the funds appropriated under this title shall 
be used to fund AIDS programs, or to develop materials, 
designed to promote or encourage, directly, intravenous 
drug use or sexual activity, whether homosexual or hetero-
sexual. Funds authorized under this title may be used to 
provide medical treatment and support services for indi-
viduals with HIV. 
‘‘SEC. 2685. PRIVACY PROTECTIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
any information submitted to, or collected by, the Sec-
retary under this title excludes any personally identifiable 
information. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘person-
ally identifiable information’ has the meaning given such 
term under the regulations promulgated under section 
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264(c) of the Health Insurance Portability and Account-
ability Act of 1996. 
‘‘SEC. 2686. GAO REPORT. 
‘‘The Comptroller General of the Government Ac-
countability Office shall biennially submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress a report that includes a de-
scription of Federal, State, and local barriers to HIV pro-
gram integration, particularly for racial and ethnic minori-
ties, including activities carried out under subpart III of 
part F, and recommendations for enhancing the continuity 
of care and the provision of prevention services for individ-
uals with HIV/AIDS or those at risk for such disease. 
Such report shall include a demonstration of the manner 
in which funds under this subpart are being expended and 
to what extent the services provided with such funds in-
crease access to prevention and care services for individ-
uals with HIV/AIDS and build stronger community link-
ages to address HIV prevention and care for racial and 
ethnic minority communities. 
‘‘SEC. 2687. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘For purposes of this title: 
‘‘(1) AIDS.—The term ‘AIDS’ means acquired 
immune deficiency syndrome. 
‘‘(2) CO-OCCURRING
CONDITIONS.—The term 
‘co-occurring conditions’ means one or more adverse 
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health conditions in an individual with HIV/AIDS, 
without regard to whether the individual has AIDS 
and without regard to whether the conditions arise 
from HIV. 
‘‘(3) 
COUNSELING.—The 
term 
‘counseling’ 
means such counseling provided by an individual 
trained to provide such counseling. 
‘‘(4) 
FAMILY-CENTERED
CARE.—The 
term 
‘family-centered care’ means the system of services 
described in this title that is targeted specifically to 
the special needs of infants, children, women and 
families. Family-centered care shall be based on a 
partnership between parents, professionals, and the 
community designed to ensure an integrated, coordi-
nated, culturally sensitive, and community-based 
continuum of care for children, women, and families 
with HIV/AIDS. 
‘‘(5) FAMILIES
WITH
HIV/AIDS.—The term 
‘families with HIV/AIDS’ means families in which 
one or more members have HIV/AIDS. 
‘‘(6) HIV.—The term ‘HIV’ means infection 
with the human immunodeficiency virus. 
‘‘(7) HIV/AIDS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘HIV/AIDS’ 
means HIV, and includes AIDS and any condi-
tion arising from AIDS. 
‘‘(B) COUNTING OF CASES.—The term ‘liv-
ing cases of HIV/AIDS’, with respect to the 
counting of cases in a geographic area during 
a period of time, means the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the number of living non-AIDS 
cases of HIV in the area; and 
‘‘(ii) the number of living cases of 
AIDS in the area. 
‘‘(C) NON-AIDS
CASES.—The term ‘non- 
AIDS’, with respect to a case of HIV, means 
that the individual involved has HIV but does 
not have AIDS. 
‘‘(8) HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS.—The 
term ‘human immunodeficiency virus’ means the 
etiologic agent for AIDS. 
‘‘(9) OFFICIAL POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘offi-
cial poverty line’ means the poverty line established 
by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget and revised by the Secretary in accordance 
with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1981. 
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