| Resolution Number: | 1991-D096 |
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| Title: | Include Women and Children in HIV/AIDS Funding |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church call upon the Congress of the United States to seek means to include the particular issues of women and children in the funding and design of AIDS/HIV research, treatment, and experimental protocols, and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention call upon the Congress of the United States to require the appropriate health agencies to define the medically eligible conditions of HIV/AIDS in women and children which will allow them access to treatment and assistance.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Phoenix, 1991 (New York: General Convention, 1992), p. 390. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Social and Urban Affairs |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(D096)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 70th General Convention of the Episcopal Church call upon the Congress of the United States to seek means to include the particular issues of women and children in the funding and design of AIDS/HIV research, treatment, and experimental protocols; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention call upon the Congress of the United States to require the appropriate health agencies to define the medically eligible conditions of HIV/AIDS in women and children which allow them access to treatment and assistance.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
In line [7], between the words "which" and "allow," add the word "will."
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #248)
House of Bishops
The Committee on Social and Urban Affairs presented its Report #64 on House of Deputies Message #248 on Resolution D096a (Women, Children and HIV/AIDS) and moved concurrence.
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #373)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 20.
| Abstract: | The 70th General Convention calls upon Congress to include issues of women and children in AIDS/HIV research and treatment. It asks that health agencies define the eligibility requirements for treatment of HIV/AIDS in women and children. |
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