110 STAT. 1348
PUBLIC LAW 104-146—MAY 20, 1996
(iv) by adding at the end thereof the following
new subparagraphs:
"(D) participate in the development of the statewide
coordinated statement of need initiated by the State public
health agency responsible for administering grants under
part B; and
"(E) establish methods for obtaining input on community needs and priorities which may include public meetings, conducting focus groups, and convening ad-hoc panels.";
(D) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;
(E) by inserting after paragraph (1), the following new
paragraph:
"(2) REPRESENTATION. —The HIV health services planning
council shall include representatives of—
"(A) health care providers, including federally qualified
health centers;
"(B) community-based organizations serving affected
populations and AIDS service organizations;
"(C) social service providers;
"(D) mental health and substance abuse providers;
"(E) local public health agencies;
"(F) hospital planning agencies or health care planning
agencies;
"(G) affected communities, including people with HIV
disease or AIDS and historically underserved groups and
subpopulations;
"(H) nonelected community leaders;
"(I) State government (including the State medicaid
agency and the agency administering the program under
part B);
"(J) grantees under subpart II of part C;
"(K) grantees under section 2671, or, if none are operating in the area, representatives of organizations with a
history of serving children, youth, women, and families
living with HIV and operating in the area; and
"(L) grantees under other Federal HIV programs."; and
(F) by adding at the end thereof the following:
" (5) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—
"(A) IN GENERAL.—The planning council under paragraph (1) may not be directly involved in the administration
of a grant under section 2601(a). With respect to compliance
with the preceding sentence, the planning council may
not designate (or otherwise be involved in the selection
of) particular entities as recipients of any of the amounts
provided in the grant.
"(B) REQUIRED AGREEMENTS.—An individual may serve
on the pleinning council under paragraph (1) only if the
individual agrees that if the individual has a financial
interest in an entity, if the individual is an employee of
a public or private entity, or if the individual is a member
of a public or private organization, and such entity or
organization is seeking amounts from a grant under section
2601(a), the individual will not, with respect to the purpose
for which the entity seeks such amounts, participate
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