Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Reauthorization

Submit written comments on the 2013 reauthorization of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program by July 31.
Participate in a listening session between July 9 and 18.

The Ryan White Program is the largest federal program specifically dedicated to providing HIV care and treatment. It funds heavily impacted metropolitan areas, states, and local community-based organizations to provide life-saving medical care, medications, and support services to more than half a million people each year: the uninsured and underinsured, racial and ethnic minorities, people of all ages.

Currently authorized by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, the program will be up for reauthorization by the U.S. Congress in 2013.

To inform that reauthorization, HRSA encourages stakeholders, including grantees, advocacy organizations, State and local administrators, and other members of the Ryan White and HIV/AIDS communities to provide comments on all aspects of the program.

Federal Register Notice (05/02/2012)

How to Comment

Written Comments

Submit written comments by July 31. (You also can search HRSA-2012-0003-0001 at Regulations.gov ).

Please organize your comments under headings that clearly indicate which Part (Part A, B, C, D or F) the comment addresses. If you plan to address multiple Parts, please group the comments for each Part together under a heading that cites the appropriate Part.

Listening Sessions

HRSA will hold four webinar or teleconference listening sessions over the next few months, each focused on a different geographic region. Please participate in only the listing session for your area.

Join the Webcast at the scheduled time

Monday, July 9, 10 – 11:30 am ET (9 – 10:30 CT)
Southern: Region 4 (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee) and Region 6 (Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas)

Wednesday, July 11, noon – 1:30 pm CT (1 – 2:30 pm ET; 11 am to 12:30 pm MT)
Midwestern: Region 5 llinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, Region 7 (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska) and Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming)

Monday, July 16, 11 – 12:30 pm PT
Western: Regions 9 (Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, and Republic of Palau) and Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington)

Wednesday, July 18, 1 – 2:30 pm ET
Northeastern: Region 1 (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont), Region 2 (New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands) and Region 3 (Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia)