America Living With AIDS

AM E RIC A Living With

1990
January 4-5 Hearing of the Working Group on Federal, State, and Local Responsibilities.
Purpose was to examine the roles and responsibilities of different levels of government in responding to the AIDS/HIV epidemic. St. Paul, Minnesota.
January 24-26 Hearing and site visits to assess regional aspects of the HIV epidemic in Southern California. Visits were made to Los Angeles Area community-based organizations, clinics, a hospice, and a public hospital. Los Angeles, California.
February 15-16 Hearing of the Working Group on Social and Human Issues. Purpose was to
examine the relationship of early intervention, HIV testing, and psychosocial
issues to HIV. Boston, Massachusetts.
February 26-27 Site visits to study issues of HIV and AIDS among the homeless, drug users,
and hemophiliacs. New York City, Newark, and Jersey City.
March 6 Testimony of Chairman June E. Osborn, M.D., on meeting the health care
needs of people living with HIV and AIDS before the Task Force on Human
Resources of the Committee of the Budget of the United States House of Representatives.
March 6 Statement endorsing principles and objectives of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act of 1990.
March 9 Letter to President Bush urging him to resolve visa controversy before international conferences to be held in the United States in June and August of 1990.
March 15 Statement that despite debate among epidemiologists, HIV epidemic will have
a greater impact in the 1990s than in the 1980s.
March 15 Summary Report of the Working Group on Federal, State, and Local Responsibilities, including recommendations from January meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the roles and responsibilites of different levels of government.
March 15-16 Hearings to review executive and legislative branch initiatives, including the
National Drug Control Strategy and the Report of the U.S. Bipartisan Commission on Comprehensive Health Care. Washington, D.C.
April 16-17 Site visits to examine issues surrounding AIDS in rural communities. Waycross, Albany, and Macon, Georgia.
April 24 Second interim report to President Bush and the Congress: "Leadership, Legislation, and Regulation."
May 7 Letters to Senate Majority Leader Mitchell and Senate Minority Leader Dole
urging Senate consideration of the Ryan White CARE Act of 1990.
May 7-8 Hearings to review current research activities, particularly clinical trials. Washington, D.C.
May 11 Statement endorsing principles and objectives of AIDS Prevention Act (H.R.
4470) and Medicaid AIDS and HIV Amendments Act of 1990 (H.R. 4080).