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00 CIS H 27172
TITLE: Ryan
White CARE Act Amendments of 2000
CIS-NO: 2000-H271-72
SOURCE: Committee on Commerce. House
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve
the full text of testimony
DATE: July 11, 2000
LENGTH:
iii+123 p.
CONG-SESS: 106-2
ITEM-NO: 1019-A-01; 1019-B-01
SUDOC: Y4.C73/8:106-140
CIS DOCUMENT ON DEMAND:
1-800-227-2477 (Full Text Reproductions)
INCLUDED IN LEGISLATIVE
HISTORY OF: P.L.
106-345
SUMMARY:
Committee Serial No. 106-140.
Hearing before the Subcom on Health and Environment to consider H.R. 4807, the
Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000, to extend and revise
HHS programs providing health care and support services for individuals with
AIDS and HIV infections.
Includes provisions to:
a. Expand CARE Act health care and support services to
patients diagnosed with HIV who have not yet contracted AIDS.
b. Establish supplemental grants to meet HIV health care
and support needs in metropolitan, rural, and low-income areas not eligible for
awards under existing grant program.
c. Authorize funds
for State activities related to reducing perinatal HIV transmission.
Supplementary material (p. 109-123 and throughout) includes submitted
statements, articles, correspondence, and a report.
CONTENT-NOTATION: AIDS health care and support services
assistance programs, extension and revision
BILLS: 106
H.R. 4807
DESCRIPTORS:
SUBCOM ON HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT. HOUSE; ACQUIRED
IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES; FEDERAL AID
TO CITIES; FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-HEALTH.AND.MEDICINE; FEDERAL AID TO
STATES-HEALTH.AND.MEDICINE; HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES; RURAL CONDITIONS;
POVERTY; BIRTH DEFECTS
00-H271-72 TESTIMONY NO: 1
July 11, 2000 p. 17-55
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
FOX, CLAUDE E., III (Dr.) (Administrator, Health Resources
and Services Administration)
STATEMENT AND DISCUSSION:
General support for H.R. 4807, with concerns regarding
certain provisions.
CONTENT NOTATION:
AIDS
health care and support services assistance programs, extension and revision
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
HEALTH RESOURCES AND
SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
00-H271-72 TESTIMONY NO: 2
July 11, 2000 p. 56-109
WITNESSES (and witness
notations):
HEINRICH, JANET (Associate Director, Health
Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services
Division, GAO)
WHITE, JEANNE (National Spokesperson, AIDS
Action Council)
LIBERTI, THOMAS M. (Chief, Bureau of
HIV/AIDS, Florida Department of Health)
BIRKHEAD, GUTHRIE
S. (Director, AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health)
DAVY, JOSEPH (Policy Advocate, Columbus, Ohio, AIDS Task
Force)
MANN, DOROTHY (Executive Director, Family Planning
Council; representing AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families)
COLON, JOSE F. (Coordinator, Pacientes de SIDA pro
Politica Sana)
JACKSON, EUGENE, JR. (Deputy Executive
Director, Policy, National Association of People with AIDS)
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
Perspectives on and support
for H.R. 4807, with recommendations (related tables, p. 62-63); importance of
H.R. 4807 provisions to extend services to people diagnosed with HIV who have
not yet contracted AIDS; impact of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources
Emergency Act on HIV/AIDS populations of represented States, including New York
State.
Scope of HIV/AIDS epidemic; issues related to H.R.
4807 and HIV/AIDS treatment programs.
CONTENT NOTATION:
AIDS health care and support services assistance programs,
extension and revision
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
AIDS ACTION COUNCIL; GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE; RYAN WHITE
COMPREHENSIVE AIDS RESOURCES EMERGENCY ACT; NEW YORK STATE
LOAD-DATE: July 6, 2001 
