42 U.S.C. § 300ff-24

Current through P.L. 118-106 (published on www.congress.gov on 10/04/2024)

Section 300ff-24 - Grants for home- and community-based care

(a) Uses

A State may use amounts provided under a grant awarded under section 300ff-21 of this title to make grants under section 300ff-22(b)(3)(J) of this title to entities to-

(1) provide home- and community-based health services for individuals with HIV/AIDS pursuant to written plans of care prepared by a case management team, that shall include appropriate health care professionals, in such State for providing such services to such individuals;

(2) provide outreach services to individuals with HIV/AIDS, including those individuals in rural areas; and

(3) provide for the coordination of the provision of services under this section with the provision of HIV-related health services, including specialty care and vaccinations for hepatitis co-infection, provided by public and private entities.

(b) Priority

In awarding grants under subsection (a), a State shall give priority to entities that provide assurances to the State that-

(1) such entities will participate in HIV care consortia if such consortia exist within the State; and

(2) such entities will utilize amounts provided under such grants for the provision of home- and community-based services to low-income individuals with HIV/AIDS.

(c) "Home- and community-based health services" defined

As used in section 300ff-21 of this title, the term "home- and community-based health services"-

(1) means, with respect to an individual with HIV/AIDS, skilled health services furnished to the individual in the individual's home pursuant to a written plan of care established by a case management team, that shall include appropriate health care professionals, for the provision of such services and items described in paragraph (2);

(2) includes-

(A) durable medical equipment;

(B) home health aide services and personal care services furnished in the home of the individual;

(C) day treatment or other partial hospitalization services;

(D) home intravenous and aerosolized drug therapy (including prescription drugs administered as part of such therapy);

(E) routine diagnostic testing administered in the home of the individual; and

(F) appropriate mental health, developmental, and rehabilitation services; and

(3) does not include-

(A) inpatient hospital services; and

(B) nursing home and other long term care facilities.

42 U.S.C. § 300ff-24

July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVI, §2614, as added Pub. L. 101-381, title II, §201, Aug. 18, 1990, 104 Stat. 589; amended Pub. L. 109-415, title II, §§201(c)(2), 204, title VII, §§702(3), 703, Dec. 19, 2006, 120 Stat. 2788, 2796, 2820; Pub. L. 111-87, §2(a)(1), (3) (A), Oct. 30, 2009, 123 Stat. 2885.

EDITORIAL NOTES

PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 2614 of act July 1, 1944, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 238m of this title.

AMENDMENTS2009- Pub. L. 111-87 repealed Pub. L. 109-415, §703, and revived the provisions of this section as in effect on Sept. 30, 2009. See 2006 Amendment note and Effective Date of 2009 Amendment; Revival of Section note below. 2006- Pub. L. 109-415, §703, which directed repeal of this section effective Oct. 1, 2009, was itself repealed by Pub. L. 111-87, §2(a)(1), effective Sept. 30, 2009. Pub. L. 109-415, §702(3), substituted "HIV/AIDS" for "HIV disease" wherever appearing.Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109-415, §204(a), substituted "section 300ff-21 of this title" for "this part" in introductory provisions. Pub. L. 109-415, §201(c)(2)(A), substituted "section 300ff-22(b)(3)(J) of this title" for "section 300ff-22(a)(2) of this title" in introductory provisions.Subsec. (a)(3). Pub. L. 109-415, §204(b), inserted ",including specialty care and vaccinations for hepatitis co-infection," after "health services". Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 109-415, §204(a), substituted "section 300ff-21 of this title" for "this part" in introductory provisions. Subsec. (c)(2)(B). Pub. L. 109-415, §201(c)(2)(B), struck out "homemaker or" before "home health".

STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2009 AMENDMENT; REVIVAL OF SECTIONFor provisions that repeal by section 2(a)(1) of Pub. L. 111-87 of section 703 of Pub. L. 109-415 be effective Sept. 30, 2009, and that the provisions of this section as in effect on Sept. 30, 2009, be revived, see section 2(a)(2), (3)(A) of Pub. L. 111-87 set out as a note under section 300ff-11 of this title.