42 U.S.C. § 300ff–87a — National HIV/AIDS testing goal

(a) In general By January 1, 2010, the Secretary had to set a national goal: 5,000,000 HIV/AIDS tests every year. These tests come through federally-supported HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care programs, including programs under this subchapter and other Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) programs. (b) Annual report By January 1, 2011, and every year after that, the Secretary, acting through the CDC Director, must send Congress a report covering the past 12 months. The report must cover: (1) Whether the testing goal in subsection (a) was met. (2) The total number of people tested through federal and other HIV/AIDS programs, broken down by state. (3) How many people, before that 12-month period, did not know their HIV status but were then diagnosed and referred to treatment and care during the period through these programs. (4) Any barriers to meeting the testing goal, including state laws and regulations the Secretary identifies as barriers. (5) How much funding the Secretary says is needed to meet the testing goal in the next 12 months, and how much federal funding was actually spent to meet the goal in the past 12 months. (6) The most cost-effective ways to find and diagnose people who did not know their HIV status. This includes voluntary testing with counseling beforehand, routine screening (including opt-out testing, where people are tested unless they decline), partner counseling and referral services, and mass media campaigns. (c) Review of program effectiveness By one year after October 30, 2009, the Secretary, working with the CDC Director, must send Congress a report that fully reviews every CDC program and activity under the Domestic HIV/AIDS Prevention Activities. This report must include: (1) How much funding each program or activity received. (2) The main purpose of each program or activity. (3) The yearly goals for each program or activity. (4) How effective each program or activity is compared to the others, based on: (A) The number of people with HIV/AIDS who did not know it before, learned their status, and were referred to proper treatment. (B) The funding for each program compared to how many previously undiagnosed people it identified. (C) How much the program contributed to the National HIV/AIDS testing goal. (D) Progress made toward the yearly goals described in paragraph (3). (5) Any recommendations to Congress on how to better allocate funding for domestic HIV/AIDS prevention programs to reach the National HIV/AIDS testing goal. (d) Coordination with other Federal activities While pursuing the National HIV/AIDS testing goal, the Secretary must, where it makes sense, consider and coordinate with other federal government strategies that address HIV/AIDS.