Bill · S.Res. 171· Senate(119-SRES-171)
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of "National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day".
- Introduced
- 4/10/2025
- Last activity
- 4/10/2025 — Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2569-2570)
- Sponsored by
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cosponsors
- - 2 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
A Senate resolution is the Senate speaking for itself: stating a position, honouring someone, or setting its own rules. Adopting it is the whole process. Once the Senate agrees to it, it is officially the Senate's word; it is not a law, so the House and the President have no part in it.
What this bill would do
This resolution supports the goals and ideals of "National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day." It encourages state and local governments, including schools and media, to recognize and support this day. The Senate supports the rights of young people impacted by HIV and AIDS to receive education, prevention, treatment, and care. It also aims to promote up-to-date, inclusive, and medically accurate information regarding HIV. Additionally, the resolution supports the removal of inaccurate laws that criminalize young people for certain behaviors. Finally, it urges the accessibility of youth-friendly health care services and increased funding for various support programs.
Yes· 3 of 14
Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?+9
The bill specifically targets the health and education needs of youth aged 13 to 24.
Would Black Americans be better off under this?+8
The bill addresses the specific high prevalence of HIV among African-American youth.
Does this make health care easier to get in general?+8
The bill urges accessibility to youth-friendly services and medications like PrEP without parental consent.
The opposite
No question was scored the opposite.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Rights and Care: The resolution supports the rights of young people impacted by HIV and AIDS to have access to education, prevention, treatment, and care (Section 3).
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Information Access: It promotes the use of up-to-date, inclusive, culturally responsible, and medically accurate information about HIV, including information on pre-exposure prophylaxis (PreP), within sex education curricula (Section 4).
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Legal Protections: The Senate supports removing HIV laws that are scientifically inaccurate and unfairly criminalize young people for behaviors that are consensual or involve no risk of transmission (Section 5).
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Healthcare Accessibility: It urges for the availability of youth-friendly and accessible health care services, specifically mentioning access to medications like PreP, post-exposure prophylaxis, and antiretroviral therapy without needing parental consent (Section 6).
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Increased Funding: The resolution supports increasing funding for various programs, including the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, the Medicaid program, and AIDS drug assistance programs (Section 7).
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Community Engagement: It recommends a strategy that empowers young people, parents, and public health workers to engage with their communities to decrease violence, discrimination, and stigma (Section 8).
Potential Negative Impacts for People
- Legislative Restrictions: The text notes that harmful legislative efforts seeking to restrict bodily autonomy—such as restrictions on abortion and birth control access or bans on transgender health care—negatively impact youth access to nonstigmatizing HIV prevention, education, and confidential testing and treatment (Section 10).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Young Adults+9Good For African Americans+8Good For L G B T Q Community+7Good For Students+6Good For Low Income Households+5Good For Men+5
- Healthcare
- Improves Healthcare Access+8Increases Medicaid Funding+7Increases Affordable Care Act Support+5Increases Research Funding+5
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Racial Equity+7Improves L G B T Q Rights+6Improves Criminal Sentencing Reform+5
- Education And Technology
- Increases Public School Funding+3
- 4/10/2025
- Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2569-2570)
- 2 Cosponsors added.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Chris Van HollenDemocrat · Maryland
Ron WydenDemocrat · Oregon