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 114 STAT. 1324 PUBLIC LAW 106-345—OCT. 20, 2000 (b) AMOUNT OF GRANT; ESTIMATE OF LIVING CASES.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Section 2603(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff-13(a)(3)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting before the semicolon the following: ", except that (subject to subparagraph (D)), for grants made pursuant to this paragraph for fiscal year 2005 and subsequent fiscal years, the cases counted for each 12-month period beginning on or after July 1, 2004, shall be cases of HIV disease (as reported to and confirmed by such Director) rather than cases of acquired immune deficiency syndrome"; and (B) in subparagraph (C), in the matter after and below clause (ii)(X)— (i) in the first sentence, by inserting before the period the following: ", and shall be reported to the congressional committees ofjurisdiction"; and (ii) by adding at the end the following sentence: "Updates shall as applicable take into account the counting of cases of HIV disease pursuant to clause (i). ". (2) DETERMINATION OF SECRETARY REGARDING DATA ON HIV CASES. —Section 2603(a)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300ff-13(a)(3)) is amended— (A) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); and (B) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following subparagraph: " (D) DETERMINATION OF SECRETARY REGARDING DATA ON HIV CASES. — DeadHne. "(i) IN GENERAL.— Not later than July 1, 2004, the Secretary shall determine whether there is data on cases of HIV disease from all eligible areas (reported to and confirmed by the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) sufficiently accurate and reliable for use for purposes of subparagraph (C)(i). In making such a determination, the Secretary shall take into consideration the findings of the study under section 501(b) of the Ryan White CARE Act Amendments of 2000 (relating to the relationship between epidemiological measures and health care for certain individuals with HIV disease). " (ii) EFFECT OF ADVERSE DETERMINATION. —I f under clause (i) the Secretary determines that data on cases of HIV disease is not sufficiently accurate and reliable for use for purposes of subparagraph (C)(i), then notwithstanding such subparagraph, for any fiscal year prior to fiscal year 2007 the references in such subparagraph to cases of HIV disease do not have any legal effect. "(iii) GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE REGARDING COUNTING OF HIV CASES. —Of the amounts appropriated under section 318B for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve amounts to make grants and provide technical assistance to States and eligible areas with respect to obtaining data on cases of HIV disease to ensure that data on such cases is available from

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