Ryan White PrEP Availability Act

Bill: 117-s-4395
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL]
Introduced: 2022-06-14
Policy area: Health
Latest action: action_date: 2022-06-14
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-06-14
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Ryan White PrEP Availability Act</strong></p> <p>This bill expands the use of Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants for providing medical care and services to low-income individuals with HIV/AIDS. Recipients may use the grants to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and related preventive services for individuals who are at risk of contracting HIV.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4395 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 14, 2022 Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself and Mr. Luján ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To allow grantees under the HIV Health Care Services Program to allocate a portion of such funding for services to individuals at risk of acquiring HIV.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ryan White PrEP Availability Act . 2. Services for individuals at risk of acquiring HIV Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300ff–11 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: H Services for individuals at risk of acquiring HIV 2696. Individuals at risk of acquiring HIV (a) In general Any eligible area, State, or public or private nonprofit entity that receives a grant under part A, B, C, or D may use program income received from such a grant to provide to individuals who are at risk of acquiring HIV— (1) drugs and biological products for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescribed by a professional who is authorized under State or other applicable law to write prescriptions, consistent with Federal guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; (2) medical, laboratory, and counseling services related to such drugs and biological products; and (3) referrals and linkages to appropriate services for the prevention of HIV, as prescribed to eligible individuals who are at risk of acquiring HIV. (b) Voluntary program Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit any eligible area, State, or public or private nonprofit entity to allocate any grant funds received under this title for the purposes described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a). .