42 U.S.C. § 300ff–37a — Recommendations for reducing incidence of perinatal transmission

(a) Study by Institute of Medicine — The Secretary must ask the Institute of Medicine to conduct a study covering three things: for the most recent fiscal year with data available, how many U.S. newborns had HIV where the delivering obstetrician did not know the mother's HIV status; what barriers, including legal barriers, state by state, discourage obstetricians from routinely offering pregnant women an HIV test and routinely testing newborns when the mother's status is unknown; and recommendations for each State on reducing perinatal HIV transmission, including how to remove those barriers. If the Institute declines, the Secretary must find another public or nonprofit private entity to do the study. The Secretary must ensure that, within 18 months of this section's effective date, the study is finished and a report on its findings goes to the relevant congressional committees, the Secretary, and the top public health official of each State. (b) Progress toward recommendations — In fiscal year 2004, the Secretary must collect information from States describing the actions they took toward meeting the recommendations made for them under (a)(1)(C). (c) Submission of reports to Congress — The Secretary must submit reports to the relevant congressional committees describing the information collected under (b).