NMAC Applauds Collaboration in House and Senate in Passing the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act
October 28, 2009
NMAC Applauds Collaboration in House and Senate in
Passing
The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension
Act
Washington, D.C. ~
October 22 ~ The National Minority AIDS
Council (NMAC) applauds the passage of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment
Extension Act by the Senate and House this week. Paul A. Kawata, NMAC’s
Executive Director says “On behalf of the National Minority AIDS Council and its
constituents, I want to thank everyone in the House and Senate for collaborating
together to make the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act a
reality.”
For nearly 20 years, Ryan White programs have provided a
powerful safety net of treatment and care services for underserved populations
living with HIV/AIDS. “The House and Senate did more than prevent an Act from
sun-setting,” says Ravinia Hayes-Cozier, Director of Government Relations and
Public Policy. “They ensured that the 530,000 people living with HIV/AIDS who
access Ryan White-funded treatment and care continue to receive the services
they need to survive.”
The Act also calls for increases in the
authorization levels for each part of the Ryan White program by 5% each year for
the next four years, which will assist NMAC’s constituents – minority community-
and faith-based organizations serving communities of color throughout the U.S.
and its territories – have the resources necessary to deliver HIV/AIDS services
to their clients. The approved legislation is now on its way to the President,
who is expected to approve it without hesitation after voicing support for the
bill earlier this week.
About NMAC
The
National Minority AIDS
Council (NMAC) has advanced its mission, “to develop leadership within
communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS” since 1987 through
individualized capacity building assistance; technical assistance trainings;
public policy education programs; national and regional conferences; treatment
and research education programs; online and printed resource materials; and a
website: http://www.nmac.org/. The agency also serves as a
membership association for its constituent AIDS service organizations and
minority faith- and community-based organizations delivering HIV/AIDS services
in communities of color and advocates on their behalf in Washington, D.C.
NMAC's advocacy efforts are funded through private funders and donors
only. For more information, please contact NMAC directly at (202) 483-NMAC
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