Global CARE Act

Bill: 108-s-250
Sponsor: Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Introduced: 2003-01-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Agriculture and Food
Armed Forces and National Security
Blood banks
Child health
Commerce
Communicable diseases
Communication in medicine
Condoms
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Continuum of care
Crime and Law Enforcement
Department of Health and Human Services
Development credit institutions
Drug industry
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Education
Employee training
Epidemics
Executive reorganization
Families
Federal aid to research
Finance and Financial Sector
Food relief
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Government Operations and Politics
Government lending
Government procurement
Health counseling
Health education
Health information systems
Health planning
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Human immunodeficiency viruses
International Affairs
International cooperation
Labor and Employment
Legislation
Malaria
Medical education
Medical research
Medical supplies
Medical tests
Military medicine
Nongovernmental organizations
Nutrition
Orphans
Pharmaceutical research
Physicians
Preventive medicine
Product safety
Public health administration
Public health personnel
Public-private partnerships
Recruiting of employees
Research and development
Research centers
Science, Technology, Communications
Sex crimes
Sexually transmitted diseases
Strategic planning
Sustainable development
Tuberculosis
United Nations
Vaccines
Victims of crimes
Virus diseases
Women
Women's health
World health

Summary:
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Global Coordination of HIV/AIDS Response Act or Global CARE Act - Establishes an interagency working group to coordinate Federal programs related to the prevention, treatment, and monitoring of HIV/AIDS in foreign countries and to conduct global HIV/AIDS activities.
Establishes the International HIV/AIDS Prevention and Capacity Development Initiative to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections through specified measures.
Establishes the International AIDS Care and Treatment Access Initiative.
Authorizes appropriations to the following Federal agencies for such purposes: (1) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (2) the Health Resources and Services Administration; (3) the National Institutes of Health; (4) the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; (5) the Food and Drug Administration; (6) the United States Agency for International Development; and (7) the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, Labor, and Commerce, including the Global Health Fund. States that the United States should make contributions to such Fund consistent with the general principles outlined in the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000.
Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a (HIV/AIDS) Global Physician Corps using international assignment of physicians to provide care, train host country physicians, and establish or adapt clinical protocols for prevention and treatment.
Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorizes funds for injection safety.
AIDS Orphans Relief Act of 2002 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance to communities affected by AIDS, including microcredit programs.
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a pilot program concerning the use of antiretroviral drugs in resource-poor settings.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1814-1816)
action_date: 2003-01-30
text: Introduced in Senate