- Report Published - |Report on Federal Funding for HIV/AIDS
Prevention and Treatment Programs in Virginia| |Joint Commission
on Health Care| |Appropriation Act - Item 11 B. (Regular
Session, 2005)| |[The entire executive summary can be viewed in
the full report.]| Authority for Study Item 11 B of Chapter 951
of the 2005 Virginia Acts of Assembly directed the joint
Commission on Health Care to conduct a study on federal funding
to Virginia's HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment programs.
Specifically, the Commission was charged with analyzing recent
federal funding trends regarding the Ryan White Comprehensive
AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act and additional sources of
federal funding provided to the Commonwealth for the prevention
and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Background on HIV/AIDS Acquired
Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was first reported in the U.S.
in 1981. The next year, the first case of AIDS in Virginia was
reported. AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV), which progressively destroys