International AIDS Treatment and Prevention Act of 2002
Latest action · Jul 3, 2002 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 484.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 19, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(Sec. 2) Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in coordination with the Administrators of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), to provide: (1) HIV/AIDS prevention services, including education, counseling, testing, reduction of mother-to-child transmission, behavioral interventions for vulnerable populations, post-exposure prophylaxis, ensuring a safe blood supply, and data collection; (2) HIV/AIDS care and treatment services, including programs integrated with prevention services and family support services; (3) infrastructure and training, including institutional capacity building, laboratory support, and technical assistance and training; and (4) HIV/AIDS treatment protocols.
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of HRSA, in coordination with the Director of the CDC and the Administrator of AID, to provide assistance to: (1) assess existing systems of care and treatment and develop a continuum of HIV/AIDS-related services; (2) develop infrastructure and institutional capacity; (3) develop training modules and curricula; and (4) improve coordination between American medical centers and indigenous health facilities.
Requires the use of indigenous capacity in developing countries to the maximum extent practicable, including coordination with relevant government and non-governmental organizations.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and in coordination with the Administrator of the HRSA, to award supplemental grants for HIV/AIDS clinical education and training to entities already receiving an HIV/AIDS grant who apply and have a partnership with a health care entity in the host country. Gives priority to applicants who assess existing capacity and address the training needs of a range of health-care providers.
Authorizes the Secretary, acting through the Director of the CDC, to award a grant to an administrative organization to award subgrants to expand activities to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Requires subgrantees to be a local health, international, or partnership organization currently operating such a program of activities with relevant government support and the ability to provide antiretroviral treatment to a minimum number of infected women per service site. Permits funds to be used for therapy, treatment, personnel, laboratory costs, pharmaceuticals for related conditions, support services, and outreach and capacity building activities. Limits the amount which may be used for administrative expenses.
Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office of Global Health Affairs, to coordinate HHS international HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis programs, ensuring compatibility and the use of best possible practices. Requires the Director to report annually to Congress.
Extends the tuberculosis prevention program through FY 2004, requiring coordination with the activities under this Act.
(Sec. 3) Directs the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, to expand, expedite, coordinate, and annually review and report all NIH research on the development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Establishes a grant program for multidisciplinary teams to research innovative microbicide concepts, including combination microbicides. Subjects such grants to peer review.
(Sec. 4) Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, in coordination with the Secretary of HHS and the Administrator of AID, to assist in: (1) establishing workplace HIV/AIDS prevention and education programs that emphasize protections against discrimination and the creation of support environments for individuals living with HIV/AIDS; (2) developing on-site care and wellness programs; and (3) activities to strengthen collaboration among government, business, and labor.
(Sec. 5) Establishes the Secretary's authority to act internationally under specified Acts, including the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 and the Foreign Service Buildings Act.
Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 and FY 2004.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 19, 2002 to Jul 8, 2002; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | William H. Frist | Original | Jun 19, 2002 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| D-NJ | Jon S. Corzine | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| R-OH | Mike DeWine | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| R-PA | Rick Santorum | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| D-SD | Thomas A. Daschle | Jun 21, 2002 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Jun 24, 2002 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| R-VT | James M. Jeffords | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jun 25, 2002 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jun 26, 2002 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Jun 26, 2002 | |
| D-NC | John Edwards | Jun 26, 2002 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Jun 26, 2002 | |
| D-MD | Paul S. Sarbanes | Jul 8, 2002 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Jun 19, 2002Markup Jun 26, 2002Reported Jul 3, 2002 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 3, 2002Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Kennedy under authority of the order of the Senate of 06/26/2002 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jul 3, 2002Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 484.
- Jun 26, 2002Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jun 19, 2002Introduced in Senate
- Jun 19, 2002Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5779)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5890 | Thomas A. Daschle D-SD | Jun 21, 2002 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5779 | Edward M. Kennedy D-MA, William H. Frist R-TN | Jun 19, 2002 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide assistance to combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic in developing foreign countries.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- International AIDS Treatment and Prevention Act of 2002
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- International AIDS Treatment and Prevention Act of 2002
- Popular Titles
- AIDS Assistance bill
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- AIDS (Disease)
- American economic assistance
- American technical assistance
- Blood banks
- Blood donors
- Blood transfusions
- Building construction
- Building leases
- Charities
- Child health
- Chronically ill
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Commerce
- Communicable diseases
- Communication in medicine
- Community health services
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Continuum of care
- Curricula
- Dentists
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Developing countries
- Discrimination in employment
- Drug therapy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Environmental health
- Environmental Protection
- Epidemics
- Epidemiology
- Families
- Family services
- Fathers
- Federal aid to health facilities
- Federal aid to medical education
- Federal aid to medical research
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Health counseling
- Health education
- Health information systems
- Health surveys
- Higher education
- HIV-positive persons
- Hospices (Terminal care)
- Human behavior
- Human immunodeficiency viruses
- Infants
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- Labor and Employment
- Labor productivity
- Legislation
- Malaria
- Maternal health services
- Medical education
- Medical fees
- Medical laboratories
- Medical personnel
- Medical research
- Medical statistics
- Medical supplies
- Medical tests
- Mothers
- Nongovernmental organizations
- Nursing education
- Occupational health and safety
- Pain
- Performance measurement
- Pharmaceutical research
- Pharmacists
- Physicians
- Pregnant women
- Preventive medicine
- Public health administration
- Public-private partnerships
- Research and development
- Research centers
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Social Welfare
- Social workers
- Strategic planning
- Tuberculosis
- Women
- Women's health
- World health
- Youth
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 3, 2002Reported to Senate
- Jun 19, 2002Introduced in Senate
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