[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2107 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2107

    To allow grantees under the HIV Health Care Services Program to 
allocate a portion of such funding for services to individuals at risk 
                           of acquiring HIV.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2023

     Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Mr. Lujan, and Mr. Peters) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To allow grantees under the HIV Health Care Services Program to 
allocate a portion of such funding for services to individuals at risk 
                           of acquiring HIV.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Ryan White PrEP Availability Act''.

SEC. 2. SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF ACQUIRING HIV.

    Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff-11 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

      ``PART H--SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF ACQUIRING HIV

``SEC. 2696. INDIVIDUALS AT RISK OF ACQUIRING HIV.

    ``(a) In General.--Any eligible area, State, or public or private 
nonprofit entity that receives a grant under part A, B, C, or D may use 
program income received from such a grant to provide to individuals who 
are at risk of acquiring HIV--
            ``(1) drugs and biological products for pre-exposure 
        prophylaxis (PrEP) prescribed by a professional who is 
        authorized under State or other applicable law to write 
        prescriptions, consistent with Federal guidelines issued by the 
        Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
            ``(2) medical, laboratory, and counseling services related 
        to such drugs and biological products; and
            ``(3) referrals and linkages to appropriate services for 
        the prevention of HIV, as prescribed to eligible individuals 
        who are at risk of acquiring HIV.
    ``(b) Voluntary Program.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to permit any eligible area, State, or public or private 
nonprofit entity to allocate any grant funds received under this title 
for the purposes described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection 
(a).''.
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