Bill would end HIV prevention, 11 other programs and let states decide how to spend the money. Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. 800-458-5231 ext. 5023.

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Bill would end HIV prevention, 11 other programs and let states decide how to spend the money. Clearinghouse, P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003. 800-458-5231 ext. 5023.

AIDS Policy Law. 1995 Feb 10;10(2):1, 10. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AIDS/95700160

Abstract: Under legislation proposed by Republican Senator Nancy Kassebaum (Kansas), decisions on how to spend Federal funds for HIV prevention and tuberculosis control would be shifted to the states. Kassebaum said that transforming the twelve categorical Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) grant programs into a single block grant would decrease administrative costs and give states greater flexibility in meeting their public health needs. Others who favor retaining special purpose programs are concerned that the block grant funding may be cut. AIDS activists are concerned that state lawmakers might decide not to fund prevention programs for HIV or TB because of the stigma society attaches to the people the programs would serve.

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