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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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‘‘(10) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ includes one 
or more individuals, governments (including the 
Federal Government and the governments of the 
States), governmental agencies, political subdivi-
sions, labor unions, partnerships, associations, cor-
porations, legal representatives, mutual companies, 
joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organi-
zations, receivers, trustees, and trustees in cases 
under title 11, United States Code. 
‘‘(11) STATE.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘State’ 
means each of the 50 States, the District of Co-
lumbia, and each of the territories. 
‘‘(B) TERRITORIES.—The term ‘territory’ 
means each of American Samoa, Guam, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
Virgin Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Is-
lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and 
Palau. 
‘‘(12) YOUTH WITH HIV.—The term ‘youth with 
HIV’ means individuals who are 13 through 24 
years old and who have HIV/AIDS.’’.
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TITLE VI—DEMONSTRATION 
AND TRAINING 
SEC. 601. DEMONSTRATION AND TRAINING. 
Subpart I of part F of title XXVI of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff-101 et seq.) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Subpart I—Special Projects of National Significance 
‘‘SEC. 2691. SPECIAL PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFI-
CANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount appropriated 
under each of parts A, B, C, and D for each fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall use the greater of $20,000,000 or an 
amount equal to 3 percent of such amount appropriated 
under each such part, but not to exceed $25,000,000, to 
administer special projects of national significance to—
‘‘(1) quickly respond to emerging needs of indi-
viduals receiving assistance under this title; and 
‘‘(2) to fund special programs to develop a 
standard electronic client information data system to 
improve the ability of grantees under this title to re-
port client-level data to the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) GRANTS.—The Secretary shall award grants 
under subsection (a) to entities eligible for funding under 
parts A, B, C, and D based on—
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‘‘(1) whether the funding will promote obtaining cli-
ent level data as it relates to the creation of a severity 
of need index under section 2618(a)(2)(E), including 
funds to facilitate the purchase and enhance the utilization 
of qualified health information technology systems; 
‘‘(2) demonstrated ability to create and maintain a 
qualified health information technology system; 
‘‘(3) the potential replicability of the proposed activ-
ity in other similar localities or nationally; 
‘‘(4) the demonstrated reliability of the proposed 
qualified health information technology system across a 
variety of providers, geographic regions, and clients; and 
‘‘(5) the demonstrated ability to maintain a safe and 
secure qualified health information system; or 
‘‘(6) newly emerging needs of individuals receiving as-
sistance under this title. 
‘‘(c) COORDINATION.—The Secretary may not make 
a grant under this section unless the applicant submits 
evidence that the proposed program is consistent with the 
statewide coordinated statement of need, and the appli-
cant agrees to participate in the ongoing revision process 
of such statement of need. 
‘‘(d) PRIVACY PROTECTION.—The Secretary may not 
make a grant under this section for the development of 
a qualified health information technology system unless
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the applicant provides assurances to the Secretary that the 
system will, at a minimum, comply with the privacy regu-
lations promulgated under section 264(c) of the Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. 
‘‘(e) REPLICATION.—The Secretary shall make infor-
mation concerning successful models or programs devel-
oped under this part available to grantees under this title 
for the purpose of coordination, replication, and integra-
tion. To facilitate efforts under this subsection, the Sec-
retary may provide for peer-based technical assistance for 
grantees funded under this part.’’. 
SEC. 602. AIDS EDUCATION AND TRAINING CENTERS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS REGARDING SCHOOLS AND CEN-
TERS.—Section 2692(a)(2) of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff-111(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘and Native Americans’’ 
after ‘‘minority individuals’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) train or result in the training of 
health professionals and allied health profes-
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sionals to provide treatment for hepatitis B or 
C co-infected individuals.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATIONS
OF
APPROPRIATIONS
FOR 
SCHOOLS, CENTERS, AND DENTAL PROGRAMS.—Section 
2692(c) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300ff-111(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(1) SCHOOLS; CENTERS.—For the purpose of 
awarding grants under subsection (a), there is au-
thorized to be appropriated $34,700,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 
‘‘(2) DENTAL SCHOOLS.—For the purpose of 
awarding grants under subsection (b), there is au-
thorized to be appropriated $13,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2007 through 2011.’’. 
SEC. 603. CODIFICATION OF MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE. 
Part F of title XXVI of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff–101 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘Subpart III—Minority AIDS Initiative 
‘‘SEC. 2693. MINORITY AIDS INITIATIVE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of carrying out 
activities under this section to evaluate and address the 
disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on, and the dispari-
ties in access, treatment, care, and outcomes for, racial
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and ethnic minorities (including African Americans, Alas-
ka Natives, Latinos, American Indians, Asian Americans, 
Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders), there are au-
thorized to be appropriated $131,200,000 for fiscal year 
2007, $135,100,000 for fiscal year 2008, $139,100,000 
for fiscal year 2009, $143,200,000 for fiscal year 2010, 
and $147,500,000 for fiscal year 2011. 
‘‘(b) CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the purpose 
described in subsection (a), the Secretary shall pro-
vide for—
‘‘(A) emergency assistance under part A; 
‘‘(B) care grants under part B; 
‘‘(C) early intervention services under part 
C; 
‘‘(D) services through projects for HIV-re-
lated care under part D; and 
‘‘(E) activities through education and 
training centers under section 2692. 
‘‘(2) ALLOCATIONS AMONG ACTIVITIES.—Activi-
ties under paragraph (1) shall be carried out by the 
Secretary in accordance with the following: 
‘‘(A) For competitive, supplemental grants 
to improve HIV-related health outcomes to re-
duce existing racial and ethnic health dispari-