America Living With AIDS

APPENDIXES
APPENDIX A
COMMISSION CHRONOLOGY 1989-1991
1989
August 3 Meeting to select Chairman and discuss future direction of Commission.
Washington, D.C.
August 17 Meeting to select Executive Director. Washington, D.C.
September 6 Statement in support of passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
September 18-19 Hearings to gain an overview of the HIV epidemic. Washington, D.C.
September 19 Statement in support of increase in AIDS funding in the FY'90 Appropriations
Bill.
September 26 Statement in support of the goal of treatment on demand for drug users.
November 2-3 Hearings on health care, treatment, finance, and international aspects of the
HIV epidemic. Washington, D.C.
November 7 Statement in support of continued funding of research on the effectiveness of
bleach distribution.
December 5 First interim report to President Bush and the Congress: "Failure of U.S.
Health Care System to Deal with HIV Epidemic."
December 12 Press conference in which a Commission resolution calls for an end to discriminatory visa and immigration practices and a review of immigration policies regarding communicable diseases, particularly HIV infection. Washington, D.C.