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Palm Beach County asks state to reconsider ADAP changes and authorizes Ryan White funds to maintain HIV care
Summary
The County Commission voted unanimously to ask the Florida Department of Health to reconsider emergency ADAP rule changes that cut income eligibility and removed key drugs, and authorized using local Ryan White program funds and a revised delivery model to help about 1,700 affected county residents maintain medications and care.
The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners on March 10 approved a resolution asking state officials to reconsider emergency changes to the Florida AIDS Drug Assistance Program and authorized county use of Ryan White program resources to preserve treatment access locally.
Dr. Casey Messer, program manager for HIV elimination services, told the board the state adopted an emergency rule effective March 1 that reduces income eligibility for ADAP from 400% of the federal poverty level to 130%, ends premium‑assistance pathways for insured clients, and removes Biktarvy — a widely used…
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