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  • Title: Congress extends Ryan White Act, reaches deal on testing of infants.
    Journal: AIDS Policy Law; 1996 May 17; 11(9):1, 10-1. PubMed ID: 11363466.
    Abstract:
    Following a 9-month impasse on the issue of how to reduce perinatal HIV transmission, Congress approved a reauthorized version of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act. This version requires mandatory testing of newborns if voluntary counseling, testing, and treatment of pregnant women does not result in a reduction in the rate of mother-to-child transmission. By September 1996, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must develop and implement a perinatal transmission surveillance system thatl be monitored by each state to determine its effectiveness in reducing transmission rate barriers. The Secretary of Health and Human Services and independent experts will determine the effectiveness of prenatal counseling in each state before allotting Title II Ryan White funding. Each state must demonstrate a 50 percent reduction in new perinatal AIDS cases by March 2000. Other changes in the renewed Ryan White CARE Act involve insurance, spousal notification, homosexuality, AIDS education, spending limits, formulas to distribute funds, medications, and funding guarantees.
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