Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2006
Latest action · Apr 21, 2006 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
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.
- IntroducedMar 16, 2006
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 16, 2006 to Jun 14, 2006, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Original | Mar 16, 2006 |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Mar 29, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Mar 29, 2006 | |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Mar 29, 2006 | |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Mar 29, 2006 | |
| D-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Mar 29, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Jeb Hensarling | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Apr 5, 2006 | |
| R-KS | Todd Tiahrt | Apr 5, 2006 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2006Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
- Mar 16, 2006Introduced in House
- Mar 16, 2006Referred 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.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2339 | Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2006 | Identical bill | Sep 29, 2006 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
- Affordable housing
- AIDS (Disease)
- 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
- 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
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 16, 2006Introduced in House
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