Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need [30 Pa.B. 5891] In accordance with the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act of 1990 (Ryan White CARE Act) (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 300ff-21--300ff-30), as amended, the Department of Health, Bureau of Communicable Diseases (Department) is issuing a draft Statewide Coordinated Statement of Need (SCSN) for public comment. See 42 U.S.C.A. § 300ff-27(b)(2)(C) and (3).
The purpose of a SCSN is to provide a mechanism to collaboratively identify and address the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS within the Commonwealth, and to maximize coordination, integration and effective linkages related to these needs.
The Department will accept written comments on the draft SCSN until 4 p.m. on December 4, 2000. These written comments should be sent to the Bureau of Communicable Diseases at the address noted.
For additional information, or to obtain copies of the Department's SCSN, contact Joseph Pease, Director, Division of HIV/AIDS, Bureau of Communicable Diseases, Department of Health, 2635 Paxton Street, Harrisburg, PA 17111, (717) 783-0572: jpease@state.pa.us.
Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of the Department's SCSN, or who desire to comment in an alternate format (for example, large print, audio tape, Braille), should contact Joseph Pease at the above address or numbers, or at V/TT: (717) 783-6154 for Speech and Hearing Impaired Persons or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 [TT].
ROBERT S. ZIMMERMAN, Jr.,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 00-1944. Filed for public inspection November 10, 2000, 9:00 a.m.]
