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Hearing to consider the impacts of Ryan White CARE Act funding reductions in the Fiscal Year 2004-2005, and discuss the development of a supplemental appropriation. The hearing will address the following issues: (1) Actions of the HIV Health Services Planning Council to prioritize funding; (2) Implementation of Planning Council prioritization by DPH; (3) Service impacts to local residents; (4) Marin and San Mateo County funding levels; (5) Efforts of our federal representatives to restore funding; (6) Using Medi-Cal to ensure that CARE funding is used as the funding of last resort; (7) Reducing administrative costs; (8) Whether elimination of services such as transportation, decentralized dental care, outpatient substance abuse, childcare, treatment adherence, legal and immigration assistance and complementary therapies are sound public policy.
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