Erik Eckholm
December 1, 2006

Incenting member behaviors to improve health outcomes.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/us/01medicaid.html

Percy Allen
December 3, 2006

Magic's leadership and influence.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/percyallen/2003459017_allen03.html

I Stand with Magic Campaign
http://istandwithmagic.com/

Editorial
December 3, 2006

"the overriding problem may be a loss of the sense of urgency and a
reluctance by most governments to commit the huge resources needed to
provide universal access to treatment, prevention, care and support."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/03/opinion/03sun3.html

A new tool on Medicare's Web site, called a cost estimator, offers monthly and annual spending estimates based on the drugs seniors take and the pharmacy they use. Because it includes both the costs to seniors and to their plans -- the two factors that determine when the doughnut hole kicks in -- seniors can get at least a rough idea of when during the year they will reach the gap under each plan in their area.

http://www.medicare.gov

Goto Compare Medicare Durg Plans

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Eli Camhi

http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=541586&category=OPINION&newsd\
ate=12/5/2006

AIDS Day honors the living, dead
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By CHARLES KING
First published: Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Last Friday, I stood with clients, staff and volunteers from Housing Works
to complete our annual 24-hour World AIDS Day vigil in New York City.

For the 11th year, we spent the day with thousands of people living with
HIV/AIDS, elected officials and community leaders from all over the state.
Surrounded by loudspeakers outside City Hall in lower Manhattan, we stood in
the rain and wind, and read from five podiums the names of more than 80,000
New Yorkers who have died from HIV/AIDS since 1981.

We read their names to honor their memory, to remind ourselves of their
worth as individuals and of the sheer numbers of people we have lost. And we
read their names to tell elected officials that people with AIDS are still
dying, that we are still in need of real leadership that can bring once and
for all this epidemic to an end in our state.

Today, between 180,000 and 250,000 New Yorkers are living with HIV/AIDS,
according to state health officials. Eight out of 10 of us are Black or
Latino, and a majority will endure homelessness or extreme poverty during
our diagnoses.

Our state does do a better job at dealing with HIV/AIDS than most:

New York's Medicaid program offers lifesaving medications and health care to
those of us who are very poor, and the federal-state AIDS Drug Assistance
Program gets care to most of us who can work but lack health insurance.

We've reduced HIV infection rates among injection drug users by increasing
access to sterile syringes.

New voluntary HIV testing initiatives at public hospitals in New York City
dramatically increase the number of people who know their HIV status while
maintaining informed consent and privacy protections.

Public health officials say universal access to prevention, treatment, care
and support can actually end AIDS as a killer epidemic -- in South Africa,
the South Bronx and the South End of Albany.

Gov.-elect Eliot Spitzer should work with the Legislature to make universal
access the guiding principle of his administration's fight against AIDS.

We must provide universal access to:

Proven-effective HIV prevention programs to every corner of the state --
including in our prisons and jails.

Health care coordination, nutrition, transportation and case management that
help patients stay connected to care and prevent high-cost hospital and
nursing home stays.

AIDS housing programs that offer a cost-effective alternative to homeless
shelters while improving health status and reducing high-risk behaviors.

Age-appropriate, medically accurate facts on sex and HIV prevention.

New York could pay for all of these initiatives by serious negotiations with
major drug companies for cost breaks on AIDS drugs; a 10 percent reduction
in our billion-dollar-a-year AIDS drug bill would pay for the whole package.


If our state can achieve these steps, we will lead the nation forward toward
the end of AIDS -- a day when there are no new names to read on World AIDS
Day.

The Rev. Charles King is president and CEO of Housing Works, New York's
largest community-based AIDS service and advocacy organization.


Michael Kink, Esq.
Legislative Counsel

Housing Works, Inc.
Albany | New York | Washington | Jackson, MS

mobile 518-527-2787
kink@...
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Dennis deLeon <ddeleon@...>
> Date: December 5, 2006 6:22:58 PM EST
> To: "elc9016@..." <elc9016@...>
> Subject: SUPPORT FOR DECEMBER 4 DRAFT BAI06B97 OF RYAN WHITE
> MODERNIZATION ACT
> Reply-To: gchacon@...
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> PRESS RELEASE
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>  	  December 5th, 2006
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> Contact Person:
> Guillermo Chacon
> (212) 920-1611
> LATINO COMMISSION ON AIDS ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR DECEMBER 4 DRAFT
> BAI06B97 OF RYAN WHITE MODERNIZATION ACT
> (HR 6143)
>
> The Latino Commission on AIDS announced its support for the three-
> year authorization substitute of the pending �Ryan White Treatment
> Modernization Act HR 6143, as contained in the December 4 draft
> BAI06B97. We urge the House and the Senate to immediately pass the
> compromise legislation. The compromise guarantees that the nation
> will be able to offer much needed medical and social services to
> persons living with HIV/AIDS regardless of differing profiles of
> medical support.
> We remain concerned about the procedures for approval of non-
> medical services and have every hope that they will not prove an
> obstacle to care offered to local and state jurisdictions. The
> compromise is also good for Puerto Rico in that they will, like
> other jurisdictions, be able to maintain funding levels (minus 5%)
> of those allocated in the current year.
>
> This compromise is far from ideal but the three year authorization
> provides time to identify and correct any adverse consequences. The
> Commission remains committed to continue advocating for increased
> funding for Ryan White that does not pit one area of the country
> against the other.
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> COMUNICADO DE PRENSA
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> LA COMISION LATINA SOBRE EL SIDA ANUNCIA SU APOYO PARA EL BORRADOR
> DEL 4 DE DICIEMBRE BAI06B97 DEL ACTA DE MODERNIZACION DE RYAN WHITE
> (HR 6143)
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> La Comisi�n Latina sobre el SIDA anuncia su apoyo para la
> autorizaci�n por tres a�os en sustituci�n al �Acta de Modernizaci�n
> de Tratamiento HR 6143 Ryan White� que se encontraba pendiente,
> contenida en el borrador BAI06B97 del 4 de Diciembre. Nosotros
> pedimos de manera urgente a las c�maras de Representantes y Senado
> a que aprueben de inmediato el consenso alcanzado para esta
> legislaci�n. El consenso garantiza que la naci�n podr� seguir
> proveyendo los muy necesarios servicios m�dicos y sociales para
> persona viviendo con VIH/SIDA sin importar los diferentes perfiles
> de apoyo medico.
> Continuamos preocupados acerca del procedimiento para la aprobaci�n
> de servicio que no son calificados como m�dicos y tenemos gran
> esperanza en que no sean un gran obst�culo para el cuidado ofrecido
> a las jurisdicciones locales y Estatales. El consenso tambi�n
> beneficia a Puerto Rico de manera que, igual que otras
> jurisdicciones, podr� mantener sus niveles de financiamiento (menos
> un 5%) en relaci�n a aquellos proporcionados en el presente a�o.
>
> El consenso aun se encuentra lejos de ser ideal, pero la
> autorizaci�n de los tres a�os provee tiempo para identificar y
> corregir cualquier consecuencia adversa con su prop�sito. La
> Comisi�n se mantiene comprometida para seguir abogando para que se
> incrementen los fondos para �Ryan White� los cuales no promuevan a
> que un �rea del pa�s este en contra de la otra.
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> The Latino Commission on AIDS is a nonprofit membership
> organization dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the
> Latino communities. In response to the critical, unmet need for HIV
> prevention and care for Latinos in New York City, a coalition of
> Latino leaders founded the agency in 1990. The Commission realizes
> its mission by spearheading health advocacy for Latinos, promoting
> HIV education and prevention, developing model programs for high-
> risk communities, and by building capacity in community-based
> organizations. Through its extensive network of member and partner
> organizations and community leaders, the Commission works to
> mobilize an effective Latino community response to the health
> crisis created by HIV/AIDS.
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Newsweek
By DEVLIN BARRETT
Associated Press Writer
Dec 5, 2006

Article reports that a compromise is reach to reduce the loss to New
York State to $8 million.  Could be approved Tuesday night.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--congress-aids1205dec05,\
0,4893572.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork

The official website of the transition committee for the Governorship
of New York.
Governor-Elect Eliot L Spitzer

http://www.transitionny.org/main.cfm?s=transitionny

Michael

Thanks for the clarification and the full text.

Eli

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New York State Assembly

Notice of Public Hearing

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Committee on Health

Richard N. Gottfried

Chair

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

10:00 AM

250 Broadway, Assembly Hearing Room 1923

New York City

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Subject:�������� HIV testing, counseling and informed consent

����������� New York�s HIV testing and confidentiality law (Public Health Law Article 27-F) requires written informed consent prior to the administration of an HIV test, as well as pre- and post-test counseling.� Since the law was enacted in 1988, HIV testing and treatment modalities have advanced significantly, making knowledge of one�s HIV status more important so that individuals can get appropriate treatment.� Many people with HIV still do not know their HIV status and many people are still receiving their first HIV diagnosis when they have already advanced to AIDS.

����������� In 2005 the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) updated its �Guidance for HIV Counseling and Testing and New Laboratory Reporting Requirements� with the intention of easing HIV counseling and consent to testing and entry into care.� The new guidance streamlined counseling, simplified written informed consent, sought to integrate HIV testing in medical care settings and encourage the adoption and use of rapid test technology.

����������� New York City Commissioner of Health Thomas Frieden has advocated statutory changes to Article 27-F intended to expand testing, improve linkages between patients and the care they need, and make testing more accessible and focus provider efforts on care of those who test HIV-positive.� Among Commissioner Frieden�s proposed statutory changes are: elimination of written informed consent; revisions to pre- and post-test counseling requirements; and authorization for disclosure to public health officers of a person�s positive status for purposes of linking to care and case management services.� Elements of Commissioner Frieden�s proposals are contained in A. 11075 (Mayersohn) and A.11958 (Towns) introduced in the Assembly during the 2006 session but not acted upon.

����������� In September 2006, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued �Revised Recommendations for HIV Testing of Adults, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women in Health-Care Settings.�� The document replaced 1993 recommendations.� Key differences include �routine� testing for patients in all health care settings unless declined (opt-out), elimination of separate written consents, and elimination of prevention counseling in health care settings.

����������� These actions and proposals are intended to promote more testing, assure individuals are aware of their HIV status and provide linkages to care.� Proposals for statutory amendments to Article 27-F, however, have raised concerns regarding erosion, in actual practice, of informed consent and understanding of HIV test results.

����������� There is widespread support for expanding individual awareness of one�s HIV status and linking persons to appropriate care.� The purpose of this public hearing is to determine what are the actual barriers to appropriate HIV testing and the consequences of proposed actions.� Specifically, witnesses may direct their testimony (but need not limit it) to the following points:

n���� Has NYSDOH�s �2005 Guidance for HIV Counseling and Testing and New Laboratory Reporting Requirements� improved the counseling and testing process and promoted more testing?

n���� Do the statutory requirements for written informed consent and counseling in Article 27-F create a real barrier to testing?

n���� Are outreach and education programs appropriately targeted, designed and culturally sensitive so as to promote the importance of knowing one�s HIV status?

n���� Are there models that have successfully expanded testing in accordance with the standards of Article 27-F that can be replicated in other settings?

n���� Are adequate programs and funding in place to assure that individuals who test HIV-positive have access to necessary health care and case management services?

n���� Are there particular concerns about the proposed statutory amendments to Article 27-F in A.11075 and A.11958?

Persons wishing to testify or attend should complete the hearing reply form below and return as indicated as soon as possible, but no later than Friday, December 15th.� It is important that the form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in the event of emergency postponement or cancellation.

Oral testimony will be limited to ten minutes in length.� All testimony is under oath.� In preparing the order of witnesses, the Committee will attempt to accommodate individual requests to speak at particular times in view of special circumstances.� This request should be made on the reply form or communicated to Committee staff as soon as possible.� Ten copies of any written statement should be submitted at the hearing registration table.

In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the New York State Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities.� For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.

Questions about this hearing may be directed to Richard Conti of the Assembly Health Committee staff at 518-455-4941 or contir2@....

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1. Press Release - NYAC Supports Passage of Newly Negotiation Version o From:
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Posted by: "New York AIDS Coalition" nyaidsc@...   nyaidsc

Tue Dec 5, 2006 7:16 pm (PST)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 5, 2006
CONTACT: Matthew Lesieur, Director of Federal Affairs

(212) 629-3075 Ext. 108 or mlesieur@...

NEW YORK AIDS COALITION URGES PASSAGE OF THE NEWLY
NEGOTIATED THREE-YEAR REAUTHORIZATION OF RYAN WHITE
RELEASED DECEMBER 5, 2006

LEGISLATION MERITS PASSAGE BEFORE CONGRESS RECESSES

New York, NY � The New York AIDS Coalition supports
passage of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment
Modernization Act that was released on Tuesday,
December 5, 2006. This new version of the bill, which
reauthorizes Ryan White for three years, is
significantly better than older versions of the
legislation to-date and merits passage. Outside of
Medicaid, Ryan White is the primary source of funding
for medical care and supportive services for persons
living with HIV/AIDS across New York State and the
nation.

While this bill is not perfect for New York, this bill
reflects a nationwide consensus on reauthorization and
carefully balances the needs of New York and the rest
of the nation. At this point, NYAC believes that this
bill adequately attempts to address the majority of
our concerns.

NYAC wishes to thank the hard work of Senator Hillary
Clinton and Senator Chuck Schumer in crafting
legislation that carefully balances the needs and
concerns of New York with those of the rest of the
nation. We urge all the New York Members of Congress
to quickly pass this legislation before the Congress
recesses.

In the next session of Congress, beginning in January
2007, NYAC looks forward to working with Congress on
improving access to services for persons living with
HIV/AIDS and will work hard for increased
appropriations for this critical piece of legislation.
The incoming Democratic leadership has promised a
wholesale, comprehensive review and re-examination of
Ryan White; NYAC looks forward to working with
Congress in its review of Ryan White.

Stated Matthew Lesieur, Director of Federal Affairs at
NYAC: �We have worked long and hard to ensure that
Congress passes a reauthorized Ryan White Act that
adequately addresses the needs of persons living with
HIV/AIDS across New York State and the nation. I
believe that this legislation, while not perfect, has
been transformed into legislation that merits our
approval. I urge Congress to pass this legislation
before they recess.�

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Subject: AP Story on RW reauthorization, role of Sen. Clinton



Sen. Clinton strikes deal on AIDS bill, preserves most NY funding

By DEVLIN BARRETT
Associated Press Writer

December 5, 2006, 10:45 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton struck a deal Tuesday with GOP
leaders to free up more money for AIDS funding in rural states, while
softening cuts to larger states such as New York and New Jersey.

The deal ends a months-long standoff that pitted cities where the disease
first made its mark against the rural communities where it is now spreading
fastest. The agreement still has to be voted through Congress and signed by
President Bush.

"We stood our ground, and they gave ground and we came up with a compromise
that we can live with. We're very happy," said Clinton, D-N.Y.

Republican Sen. Mike Enzi, chair of the Senate Health Committee, said the
deal on re-authorization of the $2.1 billion-a-year Ryan White CARE Act came
after "months at the negotiating table trying to find an agreement that will
ensure that Americans have access to life-saving HIV/AIDS treatments
regardless of their race, gender, or where they live."

Clinton and fellow senators from New York and New Jersey had held out,
claiming that the original five-year version of the program's renewal would
cut their state's funding by at least $70 million each, and Clinton said her
state alone stood to lose $100 million. Enzi, the measure's Republican
champion, disputed both figures, saying the cuts would be far less.

Under the shorter, three-year version agreed to Tuesday, and expected to
pass the Senate later this week, New York would lose approximately $8
million.

"Of course the rural people aren't totally happy, and the city people aren't
totally happy, but that is probably what makes it a good compromise," said
Rep. Edolphus Towns, a New York City Democrat.

Southern state officials had been frustrated that opposition from the
northeast was holding up a bill that would send them more money. They
cheered the compromise.

"We're thrilled that we finally have gotten the bill," said Kathie Hiers,
head of AIDS Alabama. "I think overall it's going to help the deep south
states a great deal," she said, estimating Alabama would get $7 million new
dollars in the first year of the deal.

Clinton said 100,000 New Yorkers infected with HIV should not have been
forced to suffer cuts in order to spread money elsewhere.

"I'm very proud of the way that we just basically dug our heels in and stood
our ground against a bipartisan coalition," said Clinton.

Opposition from a single senator is enough to block action in the Senate,
particularly when lame-duck lawmakers are scrambling to leave Washington.

___P>

Associated Press Writer Erica Werner contributed to this report.
Copyright 2006 Newsday Inc.


Michael Kink, Esq.
Legislative Counsel

Housing Works, Inc.
Albany | New York | Washington | Jackson, MS

mobile 518-527-2787
kink@...
www.housingworks.org

247 Lark Street 1st Floor | Albany, NY 12210
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931 Highway 80 W Suite 2A-5 | Jackson, MS 39204

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 PRNewswire — AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest AIDS healthcare, prevention and education provider in the United States which operates free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, including 14 healthcare centers in California and Florida, applauded the United States House of Representatives for its passage earlier today of the Ryan White CARE Act (RWCA, or the CARE Act), the federal law that provides the primary source of funding for AIDS care and services nationwide. On Wednesday, the Senate passed a compromise version of the bill by unanimous consent in a voice vote. That compromise version, the bill on which the House concurred today, addressed several key lawmakers' concerns about the equitable distribution of federal AIDS funds across the country, and in particular, the potential loss of millions of dollars in HIV/AIDS funding by urban centers in New York, California, New Jersey and Illinois that have been particularly hard hit by the epidemic.

"Today is great day for people with AIDS in the U.S.," said Michael Weinstein, President of the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. "Opportunities for people living with HIV/AIDS to obtain medical care and get on lifesaving antiretroviral drug treatments should increase significantly with the passage of this bill which prioritizes medical care over bureaucracy. We thank the House of Representatives for concurring with the Senate on the reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act, and now urge President Bush to quickly sign this lifesaving bill into law so that the Health Resources and Services Administration can begin to act in accordance with the new law."

Late last year, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that for the first time, more than one million Americans were living with HIV. Almost half of those infected are not consistently accessing care and treatment, and more than one quarter of the million nationwide are unaware they are infected with HIV. AHF supported the CDC's recent recommendation to move toward routine HIV testing, and was heartened that provisions were made in the reauthorized CARE Act to support the routine offering of HIV testing in an effort to de-stigmatize the disease and bring more people into treatment.

"In the U.S. today, HIV/AIDS is a very treatable illness and if one has access to medical care and anti-retroviral drug therapies, it should be a stable medical condition with the patient in good health," added Charles Farthing, M.D., AHF's Chief of Medicine. "For the first time since its introduction in 1990, the CARE Act will prioritize funding for 'core medical services' and promote a more equitable distribution of federal AIDS funds across the country. Through this updated CARE Act, funding will now be targeted to where the greatest need is — the clinic. We thank the House of Representatives for its favorable action on this bill, legislation which will undoubtedly help bring many more people living with HIV/AIDS into care and treatment and good health."

The bill — which was originally up for reauthorization in September 2005 — languished since this past September [2006] when Congress adjourned without the Senate passing a measure to reauthorize the CARE Act. At that time, several Senators blocked consideration of the House-approved bill over disagreements over the distribution and reapportionment of funds among urban and rural areas affected by the disease.

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