Policy Brief

Policy Brief AB1534 Would Allow HIV Specialists to Serve as Primary Care Providers, Potentially Increasing Preventive Care and Screening for People Living with HIV April 14, 2017 A bill recently introduced in the California legislature (AB1534) seeks to better integrate HIV treatment with primary care by requiring state-regulated health insurance plans to permit HIV specialists […]

Policy Brief Essential Health Benefits for Behavioral Health: Impact for Medi-Cal Recipients Living with HIV in California March 22, 2017 The Essential Health Benefits (EHBs) are 10 categories of health services that insurance plans must cover. This brief report highlights how the Affordable Care Act, specifically in its provision for EHBs, has improved coverage of […]

Policy Brief Use of HIV Set-Aside Funding from the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant in California March 13, 2017 This study explored how a sample of California counties previously used the HIV Set-Aside of the SAPT Block Grant, which contributed over $12 million statewide to HIV early intervention services and hepatitis C […]

Policy Brief HIV and Incarceration: Reviewing the Policy Issues September 1, 2012 Among the most glaring health disparities in California is the disproportionate prevalence of HIV among individuals in the correctional system. These individuals are also disproportionately African-American and Latino and many experience repeated arrests and releases over their lifetimes. Interventions carried out during incarceration […]

Policy Brief Proposed ADAP Cost-Sharing Threatens the Health of Californians Living with HIV/AIDS January 1, 2012 Faced with a projected $9 billion state budget deficit in Fiscal Year 2012-13, Governor Brown proposed significant changes in funding for California’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) in his January budget, including steep cost-sharing fees which will impact half […]

Policy Brief California’s HIV Surveillance System: Ensuring that it Fully Reflects Caseload March 1, 2011 In order to develop a surveillance system for California that best serves public health needs and assures the state of obtaining its “fair share” of Ryan White funding, this policy brief recommends: 1) expanding outreach efforts; 2)erasing the distinct on […]

Policy Brief How Will Proposed Medi-Cal Cost Sharing Affect People Living With HIV in California? March 1, 2011 California Gov. Brown proposed Medicaid co-payments that would impose significant financial barriers on the receipt of medical care by persons living with HIV (PLWH), who require substantial amounts of Medi-Cal care annually. This analysis quantifies those costs […]

Policy Brief Evaluating Patient-Centered Medical Homes (PCMH) for HIV Care February 1, 2011 UCSF investigators are evaluating the effectiveness of Patient- Centered Medical Home (PCMH) demonstration projects, which were recently funded through a initiative from the California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP). This work is part of the APRC’s commitment to studying the effectiveness of innovative […]

Policy Brief How Can California Overcome Barriers to Expanding CARE/HIPP Enrollment? February 1, 2011 The Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency/Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (CARE/HIPP) subsidizes private insurance premiums for low income persons living with HIV (PLWH) who are disabled and unable to work. Many of these PLWH would otherwise be eligible to receive medication through […]

Policy Brief Understanding the implementation of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV in California January 1, 2011 Scientists announced the results of the iPrex trial in November 2010, showing that overall, a daily dose of Truvada, a combination of two oral antiretroviral drugs, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine, reduced HIV infection in a sample of […]