A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day".
Sponsored By: Senator Richard Blumenthal
Introduced
Summary
Youth HIV prevention and support would be the focus of this resolution, urging recognition of National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and stepped-up action to improve testing, treatment, and education for young people. It stresses youth-centered care, routine testing, and ending stigma that blocks access to services.
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- Young people and families: The resolution would affirm the rights of youth affected by HIV to education, prevention, treatment, and to live free from criminalization and stigma. It notes youth aged 13 to 24 made up 20 percent of new HIV diagnoses in 2020 and that 56 percent of youth living with HIV are unaware of their status.
- Schools and media: It would encourage state and local governments, public health and education agencies, schools, and media organizations to recognize the day and deliver up-to-date, inclusive, culturally responsible, and medically accurate sex education that includes information on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).
- Health services: The resolution would urge youth-friendly access to medications such as PrEP, post-exposure prophylaxis, and antiretroviral therapy without parental consent and support smoother transitions to adult HIV care.
- Programs and funding: It would support increased funding for CDC adolescent and HIV prevention divisions, the Ryan White Part D program, Medicaid, AIDS drug assistance programs, and services like medical mentorship and peer navigation.
- Legal and community change: It would call for removing laws that unfairly criminalize people living with HIV for consensual or low-risk behaviors, prioritize youth leadership to reduce stigma, and warn that restrictions on abortion, birth control, and bans on transgender health care harm youth access to nonstigmatizing HIV prevention and testing.
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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Richard Blumenthal
CT • D
Cosponsors
Chris Van Hollen
MD • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
Ron Wyden
OR • D
Sponsored 4/10/2025
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