| 1990 | The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act is passed. There are over 150,000 reported AIDS cases in the U.S. | |
| 1991 | The first CARE Act funds are awarded for Fiscal Year 1991and include 16 Title I Eligible Metropolitan Areas, State Title II grants, Title III early intervention projects, and Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS). | |
| 1992 | Two more EMAs are added to the list of eligible Title I grantees. | |
| 1993 | The AIDS definition is revised by CDC and 7 more EMAs become eligible as Title I EMAs, increasing the total to 25. | |
| 1994 | HRSA
releases its program advisory outlining specific steps for implementing Public
Health Service (PHS) recommendations for offering AZT (ZDV) to pregnant women
with HIV. Title IV evolves from Pediatric AIDS Demonstration Grants, which started in 1988, to funding under the CARE Act. | |
| 1997 | The HIV/AIDS Dental Reimbursement Program started as AIDS dental reimbursements in 1994, are funded under the CARE Act for the first time. AETCs are funded under the CARE Act for the first time. | |
| 1998 | HRSA brings all CARE Act programs under the new HIV/AIDS Bureau, consolidating activities under the same administrative structure for the first time. | |
| 1999 | Three national AETC centers are funded: National Resource Center; National Evaluation Center; and National Minority AETC. Targeted Provider Education Demonstration (TPED) grants are awarded to train non-clinicians to support HIV/AIDS education and training for health and support service providers working in racial and ethnic minority communities highly impacted by HIV/AIDS. | |
| 2000 | The CARE Act Amendments of 2000 reauthorize the CARE Act. | |
| 2001 | HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau implements 2000 Amendments through programs like the new AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAP) funding for areas with severe need and new Title II emerging community grants. | |
| 2002 | International AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) funded, creating a new link between U.S. and international HIV/AIDS care provider training. | |
| 2003 | HRSA's
Global HIV/AIDS Program started. Clinical Guide on Supportive and Palliative Care for People with HIV/AIDS produced. | |
| 2004 | Institute
of Medicine report, Public Financing and Delivery of HIV/AIDS Care: Securing the
Legacy of Ryan White, recommends U.S. government subsidization of HIV/AIDS care
for all people living with HIV with incomes below 250% of the Federal poverty
level. Institute of Medicine report, Measuring What Matters, recommends continued use of AIDS data for allocating CARE Act dollars until HIV surveillance systems have further evolved. | |