PUBLIC LAW 104-146—MAY 20, 1996 110 STAT. 1369 (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subpart: "Subpart II—Provisions Concerning Pregnancy and Perinatal Transmission of HIV "SEC. 2625. CDC GUmELINES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. 42 USC 300ff-33 "(a) REQUIREMENT.— Notwithstanding any other provision of Certification. law, a State shall, not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this subpart, certify to the Secretary that such State has in effect regulations or measures to adopt the guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concerning recommendations for humgin immunodeficiency virus counseling and voluntary testing for pregnant women. "(b) NONCOMPLIANCE.— I f a State does not provide the certification required under subsection (a) within the 120-day period described in such subsection, such State shall not be eligible to receive assistance for HIV counseling and testing under this section until such certification is provided. "(c) ADDITIONAL FUNDS REGARDING WOMEN AND INFANTS.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— If a State provides the certification required in subsection (a) gmd is receiving funds under part B for a fiscal year, the Secretary may (from the amounts available pursuant to paragraph (2)) make a grant to the State for the fiscal year for the following purposes: "(A) Making available to pregnant women appropriate counseling on HIV disease. "(B) Making available outreach efforts to pregnant women at high risk of HIV who are not currently receiving prenatal care. "(C) Making available to such women voluntary HIV testing for such disease. "(D) Offsetting other State costs associated with the implementation of this section and subsections (a) and (b) of section 2626. "(E) Offsetting State costs associated with the implementation of mandatory newborn testing in accordance with this title or at an earlier date than is required by this title. "(2) FUNDING. —For purposes of carr/ing out this subsection, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2000. Amounts made available under section 2677 for carrying out this part are not available for carrying out this section unless otherwise authorized. "(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this subsection the Secretary shall give priority to States that have the greatest proportion of HIV seroprevalance among child bearing women using the most recent data available as determined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "SEC. 2626. PERINATAL TRANSMISSION OF HIV DISEASE; CONTINGENT 42 USC 300ff-34. REQUIREMENT REGARDING STATE GRANTS UNDER THIS PART. "(a) ANNUAL DETERMINATION OF REPORTED CASES.—A State shall annually determine the rate of reported cases of AIDS as a result of perinatal transmission among residents of the State. 29-194O-96 -19:QL3Part2
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