Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Prevention Subcommittee
Domestic Subcommittee Resolution #1:
WHEREAS the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, provides primary care, treatment and essential support services to approximately 533,000 uninsured and underinsured people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States, and
WHEREAS reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act has been and remains a priority for the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS and the Administration, and
WHEREAS the Ryan White CARE Act reauthorization, expired September, 2005 and reauthorization is now more than one year overdue, and
WHEREAS the dedicated efforts of the bicameral, bipartisan process led to the reauthorization legislation called the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment and Modernization Act of 2006, which follows many of the principles put forth by PACHA, and was overwhelmingly passed by the House of Representatives but was not considered by the Senate, then
BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS calls on the President, the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Congress to achieve enactment of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment and Modernization Act of 2006 before the end of this year, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT sufficient funds be appropriated to the Ryan White Treatment and Modernization Act of 2006 to ensure that every American, no matter which part of the country they reside in, has access to life-saving treatment, care and support services that improve medical outcomes; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT once reauthorization occurs the Secretary of Health and Human Services work as expeditiously as possible to implement this improved legislation for fiscal year 2007 in order to best serve people living with HIV disease in the United States.
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