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11  Senator Dawson-White moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 56.  The Minority HIV and AIDS Task Force.--

18         (1)  There is created within the Department of Health

19  the Minority HIV and AIDS Task Force to develop and provide

20  specific recommendations to the Governor, the Legislature, and

21  the Department of Health on ways to strengthen HIV and AIDS

22  prevention programs and early intervention and treatment

23  efforts in the state's black, Hispanic, and other minority

24  communities, as well as ways to address the many needs of the

25  state's minorities infected with AIDS and their families.

26         (2)  The Secretary of Health shall appoint at least 15

27  members to the task force. The members must include, but need

28  not be limited to, representatives from:

29         (a)  Persons infected with the human immunodeficiency

30  virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

31         (b)  Minority community-based support organizations.

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 1         (c)  Minority treatment providers.

 2         (d)  The religious community within groups of persons

 3  infected with HIV or AIDS.

 4         (e)  The Department of Health.

 5         (3)  The task force shall meet as often as necessary to

 6  carry out its duties and responsibilities. Within existing

 7  resources, the Department of Health shall provide support

 8  services to the task force.

 9         (4)  The members of the task force shall serve without

10  compensation.

11         (5)  The task force shall prepare and submit a report

12  of its findings and recommendations to the Governor, the

13  President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of

14  Representatives by February 1, 2001. The report must include:

15         (a)  Specific strategies for reducing the risk of HIV

16  and AIDS in the state's minority communities.

17         (b)  A plan for establishing mentor programs and

18  exchanging information and ideas among minority

19  community-based organizations that provide HIV and AIDS

20  prevention services.

21         (c)  The needs of prevention and treatment programs

22  within communities and the resources that are available within

23  minority communities.

24         (d)  Specific strategies for ensuring that minority

25  persons who are at risk of HIV and AIDS infection seek

26  testing.

27         (e)  Specific strategies for ensuring that persons who

28  test positive for HIV or AIDS are provided with access to

29  treatment and secondary prevention services.

30         (f)  Specific strategies to help reduce or eliminate

31  high-risk behaviors in persons who test negative but continue

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 1  to practice high-risk behaviors.

 2         (g)  A plan to evaluate the implementation of the

 3  recommendations of the task force.

 4         (6)  The task force is abolished on July 1, 2001.

 5         Section 57.  Statewide HIV and AIDS prevention

 6  campaign.--

 7         (1)  The Department of Health shall develop and

 8  implement a statewide HIV and AIDS prevention campaign that is

 9  directed towards minorities who are at risk of HIV infection.

10  The campaign shall include television, radio, and outdoor

11  advertising; public service announcements; and peer-to-peer

12  outreach. Each campaign message and concept shall be evaluated

13  with members of the target group to ensure its effectiveness.

14  The campaign shall provide information on the risk of HIV and

15  AIDS infection and strategies to follow for prevention, early

16  detection, and treatment. The campaign shall use culturally

17  sensitive literature and educational materials and promote the

18  development of individual skills for behavior modification.

19         (2)  The Department of Health shall establish four

20  positions within the department for HIV and AIDS regional

21  minority coordinators and one position for a statewide HIV and

22  AIDS minority coordinator. The coordinators shall facilitate

23  statewide efforts to implement and coordinate HIV and AIDS

24  prevention and treatment programs. The statewide coordinator

25  shall report directly to the chief of the Bureau of HIV and

26  AIDS within the Department of Health.

27         (3)  The Department of Health shall, with assistance

28  from the Minority HIV and AIDS Task Force and the statewide

29  coordinator, plan and conduct a statewide Black Leadership

30  Conference on HIV and AIDS by January 2000. The conference

31  shall provide workshops for minority organizations in building

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 1  skills and improving an organization's capacity to conduct HIV

 2  and AIDS prevention and treatment programs.

 3         Section 58.  The sum of $250,000 is appropriated from

 4  the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Health for the

 5  purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act during the

 6  1999-2000 fiscal year.

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12  And the title is amended as follows:

13         On page 5, line 14, after the semicolon

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16         creating the Minority HIV and AIDS Task Force

17         within the Department of Health; requiring the

18         task force to develop recommendations on ways

19         to strengthen HIV and AIDS prevention and

20         treatment programs in minority communities;

21         requiring the Secretary of Health to appoint

22         the members of the task force; requiring that

23         the task force include representatives of

24         certain groups and organizations; providing for

25         the members to serve without compensation;

26         requiring a report to the Legislature;

27         providing for the task force to be abolished on

28         a specified date; requiring that the Department

29         of Health develop and implement a statewide HIV

30         and AIDS prevention campaign that is directed

31         to minorities; providing requirements for the

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 5         Conference on HIV and AIDS by a specified date;

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