Women and AIDS Outreach and Prevention Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Feb 21, 1991)
Women and AIDS Outreach and Prevention Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants regarding prevention of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted diseases in women, including preventive health services, screening, providing treatment (for such diseases other than AIDS), referrals, and follow-up services.
Requires that a grantee be an entity that provides health or voluntary family planning services: (1) to a significant number of low-income women; and (2) in an area with a significant number of AIDS cases in women and in newborn infants.
Requires that grantees maintain the confidentiality of information on individuals, subject to complying with applicable law.
Authorizes appropriations.
What just happenedMar 1, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Who’s behind it
- Mar 1, 1991CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Health and Environment Subcommittee - Feb 21, 1991IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Energy and Commerce Committee - Feb 21, 1991IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Feb 21, 1991IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House