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 12 2 STA T . 2 964PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 29 3—J UL Y 30, 200 8‘ ‘ (3)integra te c are an d treat m ent w it hp re v enti o no f mother - to-chi l d tran s mission of HIV programs to improve o u t- comes for HIV-affected women and families as soon as is fea- si b le and support strategies that promote successful follow- up and continuit y of care of mother and child ‘‘( 4 )e x pand programs designed to care for children orphaned by , affected by, or vulnerable to HIV /A I DS ‘‘( 5 ) ensure that women in prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programs are provided with, or referred to, appropriate maternal and child services; and ‘‘( 6 ) develop a timeline for expanding access to more effec- tive regimes to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, consistent with the national policies of countries in which pro- grams are administered under this Act and the goal of achieving universal use of such regimes as soon as possible .’ ’. SEC.308 . AN N U A LR E PO R T ON PRE V ENT I ONO FM OT H ER - TO-CHIL D TRANSMISSION OF HIV. Section 3 1 3(a) of the U nited States L eadership Against HIV/ AIDS, T uberculosis, and M alaria Act of 20 03 (22 U.S. C . 7 653(a)) is amended by stri k ing ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘10 years’’. SEC. 30 9 . PREVENTION OF MOTHER-TO-CHILD TRANSMISSION E X PERT PANEL. Section 312 of the United States Leadership Against HIV/ AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7652) is amended by adding at the end the following

‘‘(c) PREV E NTIO NO F MOT H ER-TO-CHI LD TR A N SM ISSION EXP ERT PANEL. — ‘‘(1) ESTA B LISHMENT.—The G lobal AIDS Coordinator shall establish a panel of experts to be known as the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission Panel (referred to in this sub- section as the ‘Panel’) to— ‘‘(A) provide an ob j ective review of activities to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV; and ‘‘( B ) provide recommendations to the Global AIDS Coordinator and to the appropriate congressional commit- tees for scale-up of mother-to-child transmission prevention services under this Act in order to achieve the target estab- lished in subsection (b)(1). ‘‘(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The Panel shall be convened and chaired by the Global AIDS Coordinator, who shall serve as a nonvoting member. The Panel shall consist of not more than 15 members (excluding the Global AIDS Coordinator), to be appointed by the Global AIDS Coordinator not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, including— ‘‘(A) 2 members from the Department of Health and Human Services with expertise relating to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission activities; ‘‘(B) 2 members from the United States Agency for International Development with expertise relating to the prevention of mother-to-child transmission activities; ‘‘(C) 2 representatives from among health ministers of national governments of foreign countries in which pro- grams under this Act are administered; ‘‘(D) 3 members representing organi z ations imple- menting prevention of mother-to-child transmission activi- ties under this Act; Ap p ointme nt s.D e adl ine.

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