42 U.S.C. § 300ff: Grants to establish HIV care consortia

is an association of one or more public, and one or more nonprofit private, 1 (or private for-profit providers or organizations if such entities are the only available providers of quality HIV care in the area) 1 So in original. The comma probably should follow parenthetical phrase. 1 health care and support service providers and community based organizations operating within areas determined by the State to be most affected by HIV/AIDS; and essential health services such as case management services, medical, nursing, substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment, and dental care, diagnostics, monitoring, prophylactic treatment for opportunistic infections, treatment education to take place in the context of health care delivery, and medical follow-up services, mental health, developmental, and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice care; and essential support services such as transportation services, attendant care, homemaker services, day or respite care, benefits advocacy, advocacy services provided through public and nonprofit private entities, and services that are incidental to the provision of health care services for individuals with HIV/AIDS including nutrition services, housing referral services, and child welfare and family services (including foster care and adoption services). within any locality in which such consortium is to operate, the populations and subpopulations of individuals and families with HIV/AIDS have been identified by the consortium, particularly those experiencing disparities in access and services and those who reside in historically underserved communities; the service plan established under subsection (c)(2) by such consortium is consistent with the comprehensive plan under section 300ff–27(b)(4) of this title and addresses the special care and service needs of the populations and subpopulations identified under subparagraph (A); and except as provided in paragraph (2), the consortium will be a single coordinating entity that will integrate the delivery of services among the populations and subpopulations identified under subparagraph (A). subpopulations exist within the community to be served that have unique service requirements; and such unique service requirements cannot be adequately and efficiently addressed by a single consortium serving the entire community or locality. with a record of service to populations and subpopulations with HIV/AIDS requiring care within the community to be served; and that are representative of populations and subpopulations reflecting the local incidence of HIV and that are located in areas in which such populations reside; assurances that service needs will be addressed through the coordination and expansion of existing programs before new programs are created; assurances that, in metropolitan areas, the geographic area to be served by the consortium corresponds to the geographic boundaries of local health and support services delivery systems to the extent practicable; assurances that, in the case of services for individuals residing in rural areas, the applicant consortium shall deliver case management services that link available community support services to appropriate specialized medical services; and assurances that the assessment of service needs and the planning of the delivery of services will include participation by individuals with HIV/AIDS; demonstrates that adequate planning has occurred to meet the special needs of families with HIV/AIDS, including family centered and youth centered care; the success of the consortium in responding to identified needs; and the cost-effectiveness of the mechanisms employed by the consortium to deliver comprehensive care; demonstrates that the consortium will report to the State the results of the evaluations described in subparagraph (D) and shall make available to the State or the Secretary, on request, such data and information on the program methodology that may be required to perform an independent evaluation; and demonstrates that adequate planning occurred to address disparities in access and services and historically underserved communities. the public health agency that provides or supports ambulatory and outpatient HIV-related health care services within the geographic area to be served; or in the case of a public health agency that does not directly provide such HIV-related health care services such agency shall consult with an entity or entities that directly provide ambulatory and outpatient HIV-related health care services within the geographic area to be served; not less than one community-based organization that is organized solely for the purpose of providing HIV-related support services to individuals with HIV/AIDS; grantees under section 300ff–71 of this title , or, if none are operating in the area, representatives in the area of organizations with a history of serving children, youth, women, and families living with HIV; and the types of entities described in section 300ff–12(b)(2) of this title . As used in section 300ff–21 of this title , the term “family centered care” means the system of services described in this section that is targeted specifically to the special needs of infants, children, women, and families. Family centered care shall be based on a partnership between parents, professionals, and the community designed to ensure an integrated, coordinated, culturally sensitive, and community-based continuum of care for children, women, and families with HIV/AIDS. first to consortia that are receiving assistance from the Health Resources and Services Administration for adult and pediatric HIV-related care demonstration projects; and then to any other existing HIV care consortia. For purposes of the requirement of section 300ff–22(b)(1) of this title , expenditures of grants under section 300ff–21 of this title for or through consortia under this section are deemed to be support services, not core medical services. The preceding sentence may not be construed as having any legal effect on the provisions of subsection (a) that relate to authorized expenditures of the grant.