Overview                                                             
	Proposed rider requires the Texas Department of State Health 
Services in Strategy A.2.2 to contract with local providers to 
implement a highly visible media campaign to encourage routine HIV 
testing, as recommended by the Center for Disease Control

Required Action                                                        
	1) Add the following rider to the Texas Department of State 
Health Services bill pattern:
	____. HIV Prevention Media Campaign. From the funds 
appropriated above (Strategy A.2.2), the Texas Department of Health 
shall use no less than $1,000,000 to award grants to local 
contractors to implement highly visible media campaign encouraging 
people to make HIV screening part of a routine physical. Highly 
visible media activities include billboards, newspaper and 
magazine ads, signs on taxis and buses