Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2006

Bill: 109-hr-5009
Sponsor: Rep. Weldon, Dave [R-FL-15]
Introduced: 2006-03-16 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: AIDS (Disease)
Affordable housing
Authorization
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Drug abuse
Drug therapy
Economics and Public Finance
Epidemiology
Federal aid to health facilities
Federal aid to housing
Finance and Financial Sector
Government Operations and Politics
Governmental investigations
Health counseling
Health information systems
Health insurance
Health planning
Health surveys
Hepatitis
Housing and Community Development
Human immunodeficiency viruses
Infants
Insurance premiums
Intravenous drug abuse
Local laws
Maternal health services
Medicaid
Medical economics
Medical education
Medical statistics
Medical tests
Mental health services
Pregnant women
Prescription pricing
Preventive medicine
Social Welfare
State laws
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: 
Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2006 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize appropriations for HIV health care services programs. Requires recipients of HIV-related grants to expend not less than 75 percent of such funds on primary medical care.
 
Amends the formula for awarding grant funds to consider the number of HIV (currently, AIDS) cases. 
 
Makes ineligible for funding any state or locality that imposes significant barriers to partner notification programs or routine testing.
 
Provides for treatment for hepatitis B or hepatitis C for HIV-positive individuals who are co-infected.
 
Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require: (1) rapid routine testing of each client at any entity receiving funding from certain federal programs; and (2) federally funded health facilities to offer routine testing for pregnant women and newborns. 
 
Requires the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to annually purchase and distribute rapid HIV tests.
 
Requires the Secretary to issue guidelines for therapeutics to be included in state formularies.
 
Allows states to use grant funds to provide services to Medicaid-eligible individuals with HIV.
 
Amends the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act to make grant allocations based on the number of HIV (currently, AIDS) cases. Requires the Secretary to ensure that not less than 75 percent of grant amounts are used for the provision, construction, maintenance, or development of housing assistance.
 
Requires the Secretary to provide state AIDS officials with the authority to request and obtain all necessary information in order to coordinate HIV care and treatment with other federally funded projects.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2006-04-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2006-03-16
text: Introduced in House