H.R. 6138
112th Congress
House
Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Act of 2012
Official title: To bring an end to the spread of HIV/AIDS in the United States and around the world.
Health
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresChild healthCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonment
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Crime preventionCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationDisability and health-based discriminationDrug therapyDrug, alcohol, tobacco useEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationFamily planning and birth controlForeign aid and international reliefHIV/AIDSHealth care coverage and accessHealth care qualityHealth information and medical recordsHealth personnelHealth programs administration and fundingHealth promotion and preventive careHigher educationHuman rightsInfectious and parasitic diseasesIntellectual propertyMedicaidMedical educationMedical researchMedical tests and diagnostic methodsMedicareMental healthMilitary lawPerformance measurementPrescription drugsReligionResearch administration and fundingRight of privacySex and reproductive healthSex offensesSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationState and local government operationsStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curriculaTrade restrictionsWomen's healthWorld health
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 23, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Sep 26, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Sep 26, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Aug 3, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Aug 1, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Jul 25, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Jul 20, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 19, 2012
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5026)
Jul 18, 2012
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Foreign Affairs, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Armed Services, Financial Services, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 18, 2012
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity.
Plain-English summary
Ending the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Act of 2012 - Sets forth provisions addressing HIV/AIDS, including through:
- the authorization of additional appropriations for AIDS Drug Assistance Program treatments;
- public health surveillance;
- strategies to address issues that impede disease status awareness and linkage to and retention in appropriate care;
- operational and translational research on HIV;
- workforce initiatives to increase the capacity of the health workforce focusing primarily on HIV/AIDS;
- educational loan repayment of health professionals;
- activities to reduce the rate of HIV infections among injecting drug users;
- grants for comprehensive sex education for young people;
- best practice recommendations regarding criminal and related civil commitment cases involving people living with HIV/AIDS;
- the distribution of sexual barrier devices in federal correctional facilities;
- the enrollment in the Medicaid program of HIV-positive individuals after their release from incarceration;
- the implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy;
- a strategy to expand and improve efforts to combat global HIV/AIDS;
- the repeal of provisions prohibiting organizations receiving certain funding from being required to endorse or utilize a comprehensive approach to combating global HIV/AIDS; and
- a global HIV sexual transmission prevention strategy.
Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
14
- Armed Services Committee
- Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee
- Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee
- Education and Workforce Committee
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- Financial Services Committee
- Foreign Affairs Committee
- Health Subcommittee
- Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
- Housing and Insurance Subcommittee
- Judiciary Committee
- Military Personnel Subcommittee
- Trade Subcommittee
- Ways and Means Committee
Cosponsors
25
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
D
Castor, Kathy
KUCINICH, DENNIS
D
Quigley, Mike
Ellison, Keith
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
D
McGovern, James P.
FILNER, BOB
CHRISTENSEN, DONNA
D
Chu, Judy
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
D
Himes, James A.
HINCHEY, MAURICE
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
LEWIS, JOHN
D
McCollum, Betty
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Schiff, Adam B.
SERRANO, JOSE
TOWNS, EDOLPHUS
D
Waters, Maxine
WOOLSEY, LYNN
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