§ 300ff–24.
(a)
Uses
(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
(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.
([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(a), (b), 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].)