leviate fears associated with pregnancy or 
raising a family; and 
‘‘(vi) receive such other services as the 
Secretary determines to be appropriate. 
‘‘(3) CULTURAL
CONTEXT.—In providing for 
services pursuant to paragraph (2) for individuals 
who are diagnosed under subparagraph (A) of such 
paragraph, the Secretary shall seek to ensure that 
the services are provided in a culturally and linguis-
tically appropriate manner.’’. 
(b) COORDINATION OF DEVELOPMENT OF FEDERAL 
SCREENING GUIDELINES.— 
(1) REFERENCES.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘‘CDC Director’’ means the Direc-
tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, and the term ‘‘AHRQ Director’’ means the Di-
rector of the Agency for Healthcare Research and 
Quality. 
(2) HCV GUIDELINES; CENTERS FOR DISEASE 
CONTROL AND PREVENTION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 
1, 2012, the CDC Director shall complete the 
revision of the guidelines of the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention for screening indi-
viduals for the hepatitis C virus infection (in 
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this section referred to as ‘‘HCV’’), and shall 
transmit a copy of the guidelines to the AHRQ 
Director. The scope of the revised guidelines 
shall include testing for HCV that is carried 
out under section 317N of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–15), as amended 
by subsection (a). 
(B) CERTAIN FACTORS.—In revising guide-
lines pursuant to subparagraph (A), the CDC 
Director shall take into account— 
(i) the effectiveness issues that have 
been raised with respect to the current 
guidelines of the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention for screenings for 
HCV; 
(ii) the importance of responding to 
the 
perception 
that 
receiving 
such 
screenings may be stigmatizing; and 
(iii) whether age-based screenings 
would be effective, considering the use of 
that approach in breast and colon cancer 
screenings. 
(3) AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND 
QUALITY.— 
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(A) HCV GUIDELINES.—The AHRQ Di-
rector shall, in developing the recommendations 
for screenings for HCV that the AHRQ Direc-
tor will provide to the Preventive Services Task 
Force under section 915(a) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299b–4(a)), take 
into account— 
(i) the guidelines established pursuant 
to paragraph (2) by the CDC Director; 
and 
(ii) new and improved treatments for 
HCV. 
(B) HBV GUIDELINES.—The AHRQ Di-
rector shall, in developing the recommendations 
for screenings for the hepatitis B virus infection 
(in this section referred to as ‘‘HBV’’) that the 
AHRQ Director will provide to the Preventive 
Services Task Force referred to in subpara-
graph (A), take into account the guidelines for 
screenings for HBV that the CDC Director rec-
ommended in 2008. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
section (e) of section 317N of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–15), as redesignated by subsection 
(a)(2) of this section, is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of testing, 
education, and referrals under this section, there are 
authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2012, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2013, 
$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, and $15,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2015 and 2016. 
‘‘(2) GRANTS.—Of the amounts appropriated 
under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary 
shall reserve not less than 80 percent for making 
grants under subsection (a).’’. 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—The amendments made by 
this section shall not be construed to require termination 
of any program or activity carried out by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services under section 317N of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247b–15) as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
Æ 
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