Other News In 2006
2006
Ryan White CARE Act Gets a Makeover
The Ryan White CARE Act was renamed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act of 2006 on December 19, 2006.
The CARE Act was never a static program. First passed in 1990, it was reauthorized in 1996 and again in 2000. Modifications by Congress have reflected changes in the epidemic and in spending priorities, among other factors. The 2006 bill was no different and brought important changes—none more so than the continued repositioning of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program as a health care rather than a social services program.
Among the legislation’s most far-reaching changes are the following:
- Grantees under Parts A, B, and C must use at least 75 percent of funds to provide core medical services.
- A new method of determining funding eligibility under Part A (Title I) is added, as is a new funding category under Part A called Transitional Grant Areas (TGAs).
- Metropolitan areas with a cumulative total of more than 2,000 cases of AIDS during the most recent 5-year period and a population of 500,000 or more are eligible for funding as Eligible Metropolitan Areas (EMAs). Twenty-two regions qualify as EMAs. Continued eligibility as an EMA is contingent on having 2,000 or more cases of AIDS during the most recent 5 years and a cumulative total of 3,000 or more living AIDS cases as of the most recent calendar year.
- Cities are considered a TGA if they have at least 1,000 but not more than 1,999 cumulative AIDS cases during the most recent 5 years and a population of 50,000 or more. Twenty-nine regions qualify as TGAs.
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Toward Passage - 1986
HRSA Debuts First
AIDS Program - 1987
AZT Reimbursement
Program Launches - 1988
Pediatric AIDS
Grants Begins - 1989
HRSA Funds Move
Outside Epicenters - 1990
CARE Act Is Adopted,
Named for Indiana Teen -
The Early Years - 1991
HRSA Awards First
CARE Act Grants - 1992
Training Creates Access
to Expert Care - 1993
Largest Epicenters
Now Number 25 - 1994
AZT Is Found to Protect
Newborns From HIV - 1995
The Age of Combination
Therapy Arrives -
Adapting to Change - 1996
CARE Act
Reauthorized - 1997
Programs Unite
Under One Umbrella - 1998
Administration Addresses
Epidemic in Minorities - 1999
Minority AIDS Initiative
is Launched - 2000
Reauthorization Focuses
on People Not in Care -
A New Millennium - 2001
HRSA Publishes Treatment
Guide for Women - 2002
CARE Act Expertise
Goes Global - 2003
Global HIV/AIDS
Program Begins - 2004
HRSA Addresses
Severity of Need - 2005
New Treatment
for Addiction -
New Approaches - 2006
The CARE Act
Makeover - 2007
New Policies—
Waves of Change - 2008
Continuing Work
on Re-entry Programs - 2009
Improving
Performance Data - 2010
20 Years and
a Legacy of Care -
The Road Ahead - 2011
30 Years of AIDS:
Honoring the Past,
Looking Toward the Future - 2012
Care is Prevention