RS2026-2279: A resolution approving amendments four, five, and six to a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to provide for the prevention, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV/AIDS and to administer a Minority AIDS Initiative program.

Description

A resolution approving amendments four, five, and six to a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Metropolitan Board of Health, to provide for the prevention, surveillance, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV/AIDS and to administer a Minority AIDS Initiative program.

Summary

The resolution asks Nashville’s Metropolitan Council to approve amendments 4, 5, and 6 to the Metro Public Health Department’s Ryan White Part A HIV Emergency Relief grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The grant supports HIV prevention, surveillance, diagnosis, treatment, and a Minority AIDS Initiative through six community partners. Amendment 4 updates terms; Amendment 5 reallocates $71,832 to a later award; and Amendment 6 returns $0.96 and closes the 2025–26 award at $4,711,219.04, with no local match. Services are listed as ending when the grant expires. Nashville also formally objects to certain federal certification conditions it says are blocked by court injunctions.