PrEP Assistance Program Act

PrEP Assistance Program Act

This bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a grant program that supports pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) programs in states, U.S. territories, and Indian tribes.

PrEP is a method of HIV prevention in which high-risk individuals take daily medications to reduce the chance of infection.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1643 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1643

     To establish a grant program that provides grants to States, 
 Territories of the United States, and Indian tribes for pre-exposure 
          prophylaxis (PrEP) programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2019

 Mrs. Watson Coleman (for herself, Ms. Roybal-Allard, Mr. Sean Patrick 
 Maloney of New York, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Norton, Mr. Nadler, 
Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Hastings, Mr. Brown of 
Maryland, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Engel, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Rush, and 
  Mr. Cohen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To establish a grant program that provides grants to States, 
 Territories of the United States, and Indian tribes for pre-exposure 
          prophylaxis (PrEP) programs, and for other purposes.

    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 ``PrEP Assistance Program Act''.

SEC. 2. PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS PROGRAM GRANT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this Act 
referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall establish a program that 
provides grants to States, Territories of the United States, and Indian 
tribes for the establishment and support of pre-exposure prophylaxis 
(in this Act referred to as ``PrEP'') programs.
    (b) Applications.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
subsection (a), a State, Territory of the United States, or Indian 
tribe shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 
require, including a description of how any funds awarded will be used.
    (c) Amount.--Any grant provided to a State, Territory of the United 
States, or Indian tribe under this section may not exceed $5,000,000.
    (d) Use of Funds.--Any State, Territory of the United States, or 
Indian tribe that is awarded funds under subsection (a) shall use such 
funds for eligible PrEP expenses.
    (e) Eligible PrEP Expenses.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary shall publish a list of 
        expenses that qualify as eligible PrEP expenses.
            (2) Inclusions.--Such list shall include--
                    (A) clinic and laboratory fees;
                    (B) PrEP medication;
                    (C) sexually transmitted disease testing in 
                accordance with guidelines issued by the Centers for 
                Disease Control and Prevention;
                    (D) treatment adherence counseling;
                    (E) outreach activities directed toward high-risk 
                populations that increase awareness about the existence 
                of PrEP and provide education about access to and 
                health care coverage of PrEP; and
                    (F) outreach activities directed toward physicians 
                that provide education about PrEP.
    (f) Matching.--Any State, Territory of the United States, or Indian 
tribe that receives a grant under subsection (a) must contribute, to 
the programs established or supported by the grant, an amount equal to 
not less than 20 percent of the amount of the grant.
    (g) Report to Congress.--The Secretary shall, in each of the first 
five years beginning one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, submit to Congress, and make public on the Internet website of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, a report on the impact of any 
grants provided to States, Territories of the United States, and Indian 
tribes for the establishment and support of pre-exposure prophylaxis 
programs under this Act.
    (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act $50,000,000 for each of the first 
five fiscal years beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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