PUBLIC LAW 101-381—AUG. 18, 1990 104 STAT. 587 through entering into agreements with other entities for the provision of such services, of comprehensive outpatient health and support services for individueils with HIV disease, that may include— "(A) essential health services such as case management services, medical, nursing, and dental care, diagnostics, monitoring, and medical follow-up services, mental health, developmental, and rehabilitation services, home health and hospice care; and "(B) essential support services such as transportation services, attendant care, homemaker services, day or respite care, benefits advocacy, advocacy services provided through public and nonprofit private entities, and services that are incidental to the provision of health care services for individuals with HIV disease including nutrition services, housing referral services, and child welfare and family services (including foster care and adoption services). An entity or entities of the type described in this subsection shall hereinafter be referred to in this title as a 'consortium' or 'consortia'. " (b) ASSURANCES.— "(1) REQUIREMENT. — To receive assistance from a State under subsection (a), an applicant consortium shall provide the State with assurances that— "(A) within any locality in which such consortium is to operate, the populations and subpopulations of individuals and families with HIV disease have been identified by the consortium; "(B) the service plan established under subsection (c)(2) by such consortium addresses the special care and service needs of the populations and subpopulations identified under subparagraph (A); and "(C) except as provided in paragraph (2), the consortium will be a single coordinating entity that will integrate the delivery of services among the populations and subpopulations identified under subparagraph (A). "(2) EXCEPTION. —Subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any applicant consortium that the State determines will operate in a community or locality in which it has been demonstrated by the applicant consortium that— "(A) subpopulations exist within the community to be served that have unique service requirements; and "(B) such unique service requirements cannot be adequately and efficiently addressed by a single consortium serving the entire community or locality. " (c) APPLICATION.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— To receive assistance from the State under subsection (a), a consortium shall prepare and submit to the State, an application that— "(A) demonstrates that the consortium includes agencies and community-based organizations— "(i) with a record of service to populations and subpopulations with HIV disease requiring care within the community to be served; and "(ii) that are representative of populations and subpopulations reflecting the local incidence of HIV
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