2007 Policy Priorities: Time to Deliver
Federal and State Legislative Agenda

Governor Rod Blagojevich and the Illinois General Assembly must:

• Provide a $2 million increase to expand routinely offered HIV testing

• Strengthen by $2 million the public health response to HIV/AIDS

• Fully implement the African American HIV/AIDS Response Act

• Expand viral hepatitis education, vaccination, screening, and treatment

• Increase condom distribution; needle exchange; and age-appropriate, comprehensive, and medically-accurate sex education

The Bush Administration and U.S. Congress must:

• Fully fund the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Act; HOPWA; CDC’s HIV prevention programs; and the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

• Pass the PATHWAY Act, the Microbicide Development Act, and the Early Treatment for HIV Act

• Reform Medicare Part D to eliminate the coverage gap (“donut hole”) and count ADAP toward out-of-pocket spending requirements

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