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§ 300ff–24. Grants for home- and community-based care
(a) UsesA State may use amounts provided under a grant awarded under section 300ff–21 of this title to make grants under section 300ff–22(b)(3)(J) of this title to entities to—
(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) PriorityIn 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” definedAs used in section 300ff–21 of this title, the term “home- and community-based health services”—
(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.)